[OSM-legal-talk] importing ODBl data

[Stephan Knauss]

On 20.09.2012 07:32, Mike Dupont wrote:
> How can a contributor import any data and keep the data open to
> license change? How can you keep any imports at all from people who
> have not agreed to the CT directly?
I agree with you in this point.

If we import donated data, it must be stated that OpenStreetmap can 
publish the data under ODbL or any other license as specified in the CT.

Could we create a special version of the Contributor Terms for data 
donations? So they could sign it. We could mail it to the OSMF to keep 
the records.

It is quite common to ask for contributor terms. For big imports a paper 
contract might be better than a "click here to accept" contract.

See what others do, for example apache foundation:
http://www.apache.org/licenses/icla.txt

Stephan