[OSM-legal-talk] Phase 4 and what it means

[Maarten Deen]

On Mon, 06 Jun 2011 15:48:54 +0200, Frederik Ramm wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Maarten Deen wrote:
>>> Well the "license team" does not *gain* anything from you signing 
>>> the
>>> contributor terms, so what should they do for you in return?
>> The license team is part of OSMF and OSMF does gain a lot in signing 
>> the contributor terms. It gains the right to exploit the data in the 
>> database.
>
> Another funny word, "exploit". When I read the Contributor Terms it
> says that OSMF has the right to license the database under one of
> currently two licenses, with the option of asking (!) the community 
> to
> enhance that choice of licenses in the future.

Exploitation does also mean "using something in an unjust and cruel 
manner". I'm under the impression that that's how you see what I wrote. 
But exploitation in general is using something. You can for instance 
exploit a mine.
And that perfectly covers the "royalty-free, non-exclusive, perpetual, 
irrevocable licence to do any act that is restricted by copyright, 
database right or any related right over anything within the Contents, 
whether in the original medium or any other."

OSMF gains the right do do anything with the data as long as it does 
not breach copyright etc. Certainly there is a gain there. It gains the 
right to exploit the data.

Regards,
Maarten