[OSM-legal-talk] Copyright status of OSM map data - publishable memo for USA

[Frederik Ramm]

Hi,

On 12/08/2011 02:20 PM, Ed Avis wrote:
> They produced a written report

I am intrigued by the joint authorship concept. If that was true 
(relatively) universally, then we could perhaps use that to force even 
those who haven't agreed to the license change to allow us (their 
co-authors) to continue to distribute their part of the work under a 
license we choose. At least under German copyright law, this would only 
require us to share our profits with them, and since our profit is zero, 
this whole issue could make the license change a breeze!

Bye
Frederik