[OSM-talk] open data

[Andy Robinson]

I'd be happy with BY and I'd also be happy to see the "author" as OSM with
my name appearing in a list of contributors on the OSM website.

Cheers

Andy 

Andy Robinson
Andy_J_Robinson at blueyonder.co.uk 

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>bounces at openstreetmap.org] On Behalf Of Etienne
>Sent: 21 September 2006 10:36 AM
>To: Richard Fairhurst
>Cc: talk at openstreetmap.org
>Subject: Re: [OSM-talk] open data
>
>On 9/21/06, Richard Fairhurst <richard at systemed.net> wrote:
>
>	Quoting Robert Hart <Robert.Hart at BuroHappold.com>:
>
>	> For something like OSM, as much of the data is essentially
>independent of
>	> each other, it wouldn't be out of the question to have multiple
>licenses
>	> depending on the circumstances of the submitter.
>
>	Or even (and I'm not necessarily recommending this) different
>licences
>	for coverage of each country...
>
>
>Here's a small thought experiment.  Suppose I were to make all of the data
>that I have submitted to OSM also available under a CC-BY (not SA) license
>(I am not saying that I will do this, but I might do if it made sense).
>Any data in the OSM database that was initially created by me, from
>tracklogs that were also created by me, and not subsequently edited by
>someone else would effectively be available under that license.
>
>Obviously, if I edit data created by someone else, or if I create data
>based on someone elses GPS tracks then those nodes and segments would be
>SA.  Likewise, if someone else edits my data then the edited data is now
>SA.
>
>Since 99% of the data in my area was contributed by me and AFAIK there have
>been very few edits by others, I'd guess that 95% of the data could be
>extracted and used with whatever license I choose to allow.
>
>If more and more people were to unilaterally consent to make their data
>available under a less restrictive license then the polluting effects of
>the SA license would become less and less, until it becomes almost
>irrelevant.
>
>None of us are lawyers here, but most of us have technical skills.  We
>don't have the skills to solve this problem by making new types of
>copyright license, so lets try to solve the problem using technology.
>
>Who here would be prepared to unilaterally relicense their data under CC-BY
>(not SA)?
>
>Etienne
>
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>
>	cheers
>	Richard
>
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