[Osmf-talk] Results of OSMF Member Vote

[Morten Kjeldgaard]

On 03/01/2010, at 22.00, Matija Nalis wrote:

> Yes, since joining this list and doing some more research, I am now
> convinced that CC0 or some other PD-alike would be much better for
> everyone..

No mattter how much you argue for your cause -- and I haven't made up  
my mind whether I agree with you are not -- it doesn't change the fact  
that changing the license to CC0 is simply not possible without  
starting a new project. The current data is licensed with the share- 
alike clause, and the only way you can get around that is if you steal  
the data. I don't suppose anyone wants to do that.

In any case, it would be a monumental task to start a new project; you  
basically have an empty slate, and it would be a long, long journey  
uphill.  I can't say if it would be possible to re-use the GPS traces,  
since I don't know what license they are published under.  Perhaps if  
GPS tracks were CC0'ed it would be possible in N years to start a new  
project based on those tracks. That's a step to consider, at least.

The working group has no doubt evaluated all theses scenarios and come  
up with the OdbL as the best possible compromise. I am a fan of going  
with that. I am grateful they spent their time on this tedious work,  
so the rest of us can do what we like the most: get out of the house,  
collect tracks and create a great map.


Cheers,
Morten