[Osmf-talk] Can we untick the Public domain checkbox from our initial choice done during OSM sign up?

Simon Poole simon at poole.ch
Fri Oct 4 13:09:42 UTC 2019


The "retroactive" aspect is somewhat limited given that the issues with the checkbox are long known, see https://blog.openstreetmap.org/2013/10/15/the-pd-checkbox/


Am 4. Oktober 2019 13:32:06 MESZ schrieb Tobias Knerr <osm at tobias-knerr.de>:
>On 02.10.19 22:33, Simon Poole wrote:
>> - reset the field, agree on what checking it should mean legally
>(rather
>> tricky), and ask on login to re-decide what the value should be,
>
>This would be my preference, assuming it's legally feasible, because
>the
>existence of this checkbox was a major component of the political
>compromise which got the sizeable camp of PD supporters on board with
>the idea of changing our license to ODbL in the first place.
>
>Removing the checkbox (or retroactively interpreting it as legally
>meaningless, and not taking steps to remedy the situation) feels like
>breaking the "deal" that was struck back then.
>
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