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

[Frederik Ramm]

Ed,

Ed Avis wrote:
>> And vice versa. "I want to import <dataset> and that's why we cannot use 
>> <license>" is tail-wagging-dog as well.
> 
> Are you saying that any argument based on data imports is irrelevant to the
> choice of licence?
> 
> What, then, would be an admissible reason for not using <licence>, in your view?

In my opinion, the license must be chosen according to what's best for 
the project in the long term; short term considerations should not apply.

Admissible reasons for not using <license> would be, for example, that 
<license> doesn't work, isn't enforcable, leaves too much doubt, runs 
the risk of sidelining OSM in the long run, or such. "We already have 
some data that is not compatible with <license>" is not one of them.

Bye
Frederik

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