[Osmf-talk] Blanket copyright licence in Contributor Terms

[Gervase Markham]

On 15/12/09 02:48, Kai Krueger wrote:
> In that case, you wouldn't be able to sign the contributor terms and
> therefore not add your contents to OSM, as the contributor terms state
> in section 2: "You hereby grant to OSMF and any party that receives Your
> Contents a worldwide, royalty-free, non-exclusive, perpetual,
> irrevocable license to do any act that is restricted by copyright over
> anything within the Contents, whether in the original medium or any other."

OK, thank you. Now I get it. The answer to my question "Has the OSMF 
produced guidance on what sorts of Contents licences it will accept?" 
is: "Yes; anything that is compatible with the rights required by the 
Contributor Terms".

Gerv