[OSM-talk] License

[Nick Black]

On 1/30/07, rob at robmyers.org <rob at robmyers.org> wrote:
> Quoting "Robert (Jamie) Munro" <rjmunro at arjam.net>:
>
> > Please can we let NPEmaps use OSM as a background for selecting
> > postcodes? Currently, they want their postcodes to be public domain, and
> > are afraid that by using our maps, the postcodes become CC-by-sa. We
> > need to stop this silliness ASAP.
>
> If I choose a set of co-ordinates from an OS map, my work does not become a
> derivative of that OS map. This fear seems unfounded.

So why did the NPE guys bother scanning a million map sheets - they
could have just choose a set of co-ordinates from a Google Map and
derived the postcode from there.

>
> > What will it take to get the license changed?
> >
> > Can we change the T&Cs for editors on the web site right now so that all
> > new data has a "you give the foundation a non-exclusive license to do
> > whatever they want with your data. They promise, at a minimum, to make
> > it available under CC-by-NA, but may make it available under additional
> > licenses in future",
>
> This is a good idea in practical terms (a better licence than SA could become
> popular that is incompatible with it) but a bad idea in project terms (people
> will not trust such an open-ended grant when the licensing of a project is
> undecided ideologically).
>
> > then add a thing which gets existing users to agree
> > to this license change. Once we have most of the users agreed, we
> > reassess our position, try to track down missing users, then delete
> > their data if we can't find them. We'll soon be able to add the data back.
>
> Copyright assignment might be a more robust way of doing this.
>
> But if people are being asked to assign work to a project that can switch from
> copyleft to public domain, however good the reasons, again that may make them
> unwilling to contribute.
>
> - Rob.
>
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