[talk-au] Fwd: [OSM-dev] To OSM editor authors ...

[James Livingston]

On 06/04/2011, at 7:31 PM, John Smith wrote:
> ... the License Working Group intends implementing Phase 3 of the
> license change implementation plan [1]. This involves blocking edits
> with HTTP "Forbidden" messages until the individual contributor has
> Accepted/Declined the new terms by logging in manually via browser at
> http://www.openstreetmap.org. The text of the message will explain the
> reason. This will happen Real Soon Now, I hope within the next few
> days. We will give at least 48 hours notice on the main Talk and other
> mailing lists of the exact date/time.

Time to go read the CTs again...

> You agree to only add Contents for which You are the copyright holder (to the extent the Contents include any copyrightable elements).
...
> If You are not the copyright holder of the Contents, You represent and warrant that You have explicit permission from the rights holder to submit the Contents and grant the licence below.


Right, so I still can't agree because I have uploaded data from third parties (e.g. CC-BY govt data), which I'm not the copyright holder for. Does anyone know if someone ever sort out a way of moving some changesets into new account(s), for different sources?

-- 
James