[OSM-talk] import of dataset for new zealand

[Martijn van Oosterhout]

On Sat, Mar 29, 2008 at 4:18 AM, Robin Paulson <robin.paulson at gmail.com> wrote:
>  > I thought the whole point of this
>  >  project was to get away from crap like that...
>
>  well, partly. but the practicality is that we need a license that says
>  'do this if you want to use our data' to protect it from bad people,
>  so it's not unreasonable for people who donate large amounts to us to
>  do similar

Umm, there are many people contributing who would like their data to
be public domain. I don't think we need a licence to protect the data
at all. The licence is to protect us, as *users* from companies
blindsiding us by changing terms/asking money/limiting usage. When I
use OSM data I know there are no limitations how or where I can use
it. You're proposing changing that and I object.

It basically has the same problems as the original BSD advertising clause.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BSD_license#UC_Berkeley_advertising_clause
It sucked then and it sucks now. We don't want it.

Have a nice day,
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Martijn van Oosterhout <kleptog at gmail.com> http://svana.org/kleptog/