[OSM-legal-talk] [OSM-talk] Licensing Working Group

[Frederik Ramm]

Hi,

On 03/24/11 09:23, Andrew Harvey wrote:
> ...and many prospective contributors are being shunned away because a
> new contributor doesn't have the same privileges as existing
> contributors. i.e. existing contributors can use non-CT compatible
> data, but new users cannot.

That's a funny distinction you're making there.

Technically, anyone "can" use any data source, even if it is not 
compatible with the OSM license; if this is found out, that data will of 
course be removed.

Assuming that Nearmap-derived data is indeed not compatible with the 
future OSM license, I fail to understand how contributing data that will 
later be deleted is a "privilege".

I will not discuss this issue further on the talk list, as it is a topic 
for legal-talk and will only annoy those on talk who are not interested 
in legal matters.

Bye
Frederik