[Talk-GB] Why I'm not currently using OS Opendat as a source WAS The last 2%

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On Sun, Aug 22, 2010 at 3:23 PM, David Groom <reviews at pacific-rim.net>wrote:

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> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kevin Peat" <kevin at kevinpeat.com>
> To: "Robert Whittaker (OSM)" <robert.whittaker+osm at gmail.com<robert.whittaker%2Bosm at gmail.com>>;
> <Talk-GB at openstreetmap.org>
> Sent: Sunday, August 22, 2010 2:45 PM
> Subject: Re: [Talk-GB] Why I'm not currently using OS Opendat as a source
> WAS The last 2%
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>  However, that doesn't change the fact that the OS OpenData license is
>>> incompatible with the contributor terms, and DbCL, and quite possibly
>>> ODbL too.
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>>>  I thought this was still to be confirmed?  It may not be that important
>> to
>> townies but there is a lot of value in the OS data for rural mappers
>> (woods,
>> streams, rivers, coastline, etc.) and it is a crucial issue for me.
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> It is still to be confirmed.  The situation at the moment is there is no
> guarantee that OS OpenData is compatible with the CT's.
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> Hence if you currently contribute anything based on OS OpenData  to OSM you
> run the risk that you will be prevented from contributing to OSM in the
> future.
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To be clear about this, you can still continue to contribute OS OpenData to
OSM providing you have not, and do not, agree to the new contributor terms.


If you have already contributed content derived from OS OpenData then you
cannot and should not agree to the contributor terms as they currently
stand.

Your contributions will not be lost because there will probably always be a
place where these contributions continue to be editable and available under
CC-BY-SA.  This may not be OSM but it is likely there will be sites that
continue to maintain CC-BY-SA licensed content.




> I am aware that the LWG have been considering the matter since at least 8
> June [1] , but that as 17 August they have yet to ask legal counsels opinion
> on this [2].
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> David
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>  Kevin
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>>  [1] https://docs.google.com/View?id=dd9g3qjp_67f465m4cd
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> [2] https://docs.google.com/View?id=dd9g3qjp_77rbr8fgfw
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