[Talk-us] Resigning in protest

[Frederik Ramm]

Hi,

andrzej zaborowski wrote:
> That's exactly what I'm saying -- I assumed user C is a new user,
> registered after the recent change, and B an old user.  So by
> uploading any change, user C confirms that they hold the copyright to
> the work and transfer all rights to OSMF.  But it's obvious they don't
> because they just downloaded the previous version from OSM (usually),
> and they may be in violation of the sharealike in CC-By-SA (assuming
> CC-By-SA was valid for data).

C only makes a statement about his (own) contributions which, in the 
case of an object downloaded and edited only, make up *part* of the 
whole object. Just because I download your motorway and add some detail, 
the motorway does not become "my contribution".

Just as I make a statement about my contributions when I say it's all 
PD; if I load an object that someone else has created and apply my 
modifications to it, then my modifications may be PD but that doesn't 
make the whole object PD.

If the contributor terms are worded in a way that makes people think 
they have to grant OSMF the do-what-you-want right for any object they 
touch (rather than for just their part in the state of the object) then 
that should be cleared up.

Bye
Frederik

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