[Talk-us] Fwd: [OSM-talk] New users have to sign up to the ODbL

[Frederik Ramm]

Hi,

Richard Weait wrote:
> 1) ccbysa is a great license for creative works and a great concept for data
> 2) but Creative Commons told us that ccbysa is not intended for data
> after we started using it

Without wanting to re-open endless debate, I think that at least 
Creative Commons deserve to be quoted properly here. I have heard the 
above half-truth (it is true but it leaves out important bits) quite a 
lot, beginning with last year's SOTM.

It would be correct to say the following:

"Creative Commons take the position that share-alike for data is neither 
workable nor desirable and thus do not recommend using their BY-SA 
licenses for data. Instead, they suggest that non-share-alike licenses 
like their CC0 should be used. OSMF decided not to follow this 
recommendation."

I think that ODbL is a good step forward for OSM but we should avoid 
making it sound as if Creative Commons were with us on this because they 
aren't.

Bye
Frederik

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