[OSM-legal-talk] [OSM-talk] License/CT issues: Let's not punish the world's disadvantaged, pls.

[David Groom]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jaakko Helleranta.com" <jaakko at helleranta.com>
To: "John Smith" <deltafoxtrot256 at gmail.com>
Cc: "Licensing and other legal discussions." <legal-talk at openstreetmap.org>
Sent: Wednesday, June 22, 2011 6:37 PM
Subject: Re: [OSM-legal-talk] [OSM-talk] License/CT issues: Let's not punish 
the world's disadvantaged, pls.


> On Wed, Jun 22, 2011 at 12:13 PM, John Smith 
> <deltafoxtrot256 at gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> To put this another way, what would happen if someone traced google
>>
>
> Well, in the case of Haiti this is exactly what happened a lot -- with
> Google's permission, though.
>
> And so, the question is actually pretty darned good: Why would OSM users 
> not
> allow their contributions to help alleviate humanitarian crisis if even 
> the
> big G did?
>

I'm sure there are a number of people who have not agreed to the CT's who 
would be very happy to see their edits in Haiti retained in the OSM 
database, but for whatever reason are unable to agree to the CT's.

The LWG to their credit asked earlier this year if the OSM community 
favoured per changeset relicencing, which might have helped in this 
instance.

The answer of the OSM community was a resounding "NO".  So don't blame OSMF, 
don't blame LWG, don't blame individual contributors who have not agreed to 
the CT's.  Its the fault of community !

Now I'm off out to do some mapping!

Regards

David

> And having said that I want to point to my original post where I tried to
> emphasize that I respect the choices of the mappers. It's just that I'm
> guessing that not many who have declined or haven't decided but are 
> leaning
> towards declining have thought of the humanitarian / global development /
> even poverty reduction side of their "hobby". ... And if asked, not many 
> of
> them would want to make life even more difficult to the
> world's underprivileged.
>
> Cheers from Haiti,
> -Jaakko
>
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