[OSM-legal-talk] Please, consider that more people want to mark even their future ODBl OSM contributions as CC-BY-SA compatible

[Rob Myers]

On 08/10/2012 07:25 AM, Mike Dupont wrote:
>
> Also since we are on the topic, I think that many people who are in
> the USA cannot legally sign the CT anyway because the would have to
> ask the employeer for permission. If you have signed a NDA you might
> be affected, some companies claim all employees copyright. see the
> discussion on the CC list.
> http://lists.ibiblio.org/pipermail/cc-community/2012-August/007283.html

If that's true, then their employers already have a claim on their work 
in OSM. That is a problem that the CTs can prevent.

An FSF-style employer waiver scheme would allow US employees to 
contribute without the threat of this problem.

- Rob.