[OSM-legal-talk] About CC-4.0 and ODbl

[Jonathan Harley]

On 02/10/13 18:59, Rob Myers wrote:
> On 01/10/13 03:48 AM, Jonathan Harley wrote:
>> On 01/10/13 06:01, Stephan Knauss wrote:
>>> On 01.10.2013 06:28, Pekka Sarkola wrote:
>>>> Questions: Is CC-BY-4.0 compatible with OSM current license (ODbl)? If
>>>> data is released under CC-BY-4.0: can we import it to OSM?
>>> To my understanding not even ODbL would be suitable for import into OSM.
>>>
>>> To be suitable for OSM it must conform with the contributor terms
>>> which allow a future license change.
>> That applies to data added by individual contributors, but the OSMF can
>> allow imports under other terms.
>>
>> See the preamble to
>> http://www.osmfoundation.org/wiki/License/Contributor_Terms
>>
>> I imagine there would probably be no "clash with our principles" in the
>> case of CC-BY so long as the copyright owner was happy with our system
>> for attribution.
> BY-SA 4.0 looks like it clashes with the ODbl due to its coverage of
> "Copyright-like Rights".

Agreed. CC-BY is probably compatible but CC-BY-SA definitely isn't as it 
restricts the license for produced works more than ODbL does (to ones 
that are like BY-SA).

>
> Is it possible to have a BY-SA 4.0 Produced Work?
>

It's possible to give a produced work derived from OSM any license you 
like (if that's what you mean?) so long as it retains OSM's attribution. 
Including "all rights reserved". Which is exactly why BY-SA data can't 
be imported or used in OSM.


HTH, Jonathan


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