[OSM-legal-talk] A case for CT + CC-BY-SA

[Steve Coast]

Cool, thanks for responding Ed. Look forward to the results.

Steve

On 7/25/2011 3:17 PM, Ed Avis wrote:
> Steve Coast<steve at ...>  writes:
>
>> Therefore I think it's going to require you to release the full
>> instructions too. I'm guessing it's an email thread?
> For the UK, yes.  For the US I have done the consultation with the two
> attorneys in a couple of long phone calls which I did not record.  However,
> I expect the work they produce for me to give the question as well as an
> answer.  I made clear that I want their best-researched opinion and not to
> promote any particular viewpoint (I am sure this does not need stating but
> I did so anyway to be on the safe side).
>
> In general I do not think a lawyer is able to produce 'biased' answers in
> the usual sense.  There is far too much hot water he or she could get into
> for not giving a fair shake to all sides of the argument, and this is ingrained
> into the way lawyers think.  But still the way you ask the question can affect
> the result because of this very caution.
>
> "We have produced a free map.  Can we distribute it under CC-BY-SA and know that
> some big evil company won't take it and not give back?"
>
> "I am a big evil map company.  Can I take this CC-BY-SA data and not give back?"
>
> These questions appear to be opposites, but the answers may well be 'no and no'.
> So I have tried not to phrase the question in either of those ways but to ask
> in a more general way about scope of copyright.
>