[OSM-legal-talk] Would The ODbL and BY-SA Clash In A Database Extracted From a BY-SA Produced Work?

[Rob Myers]

On 09/07/2010 04:00 PM, Anthony wrote:
>
> Maybe.  OSM existed two years before OSMF, so OSMF would probably have
> a pretty tough time claiming that it is the maker of the database.

They are the maker of the current database.

>> , and copyright may cover the DB or the aggregated contents.
>
> Yes, but only in certain situations.

Hence "may".

>> I think that it's the same with OSM: DbCL ensures that OSM can apply ODbL to
>> the result of combining all the individual contributions.
>
> 1) I assume by "OSM" you mean OSMF.

I can. ;-)

> 2) The "worldwide, royalty-free, non-exclusive, perpetual, irrevocable
> license to do any act that is restricted by copyright over anything
> within the Contents, whether in the original medium or any other"
> gives them that.

Yes you are right. Oops.

So DbCL is there as the guarantee of people's ability to licence 
Produced Works as they wish (including under BY-SA).

- Rob.