[OSM-legal-talk] OS Opendata & the new license

[John Smith]

On 29 September 2010 02:57, Rob Myers <rob at robmyers.org> wrote:
>> How is maintenance of imported data any different than maintenance of
>> non-imported data?
>
> The feeling of ownership and investment and the number of people involved.

That's based on the premise that the person that added the data is
still actively involved, and for at least 50% of the contributors this
statement won't be true. You're also assuming that people actively
maintain existing data they added beyond their local area, which again
may not be true.