[OSM-talk] Opinion poll about the new licence Odbl 1.0

[Anthony]

On Sun, Dec 6, 2009 at 11:13 AM, Frederik Ramm <frederik at remote.org> wrote:

> If we find that 80% of OSMers actually are pro PD then this will not
> change the license one bit, but it might perhaps help reduce some
> share-alike zealotry and we might interpret some things in a more
> relaxed way (and ODbL leaves plenty of room for interpretation,
> concerning the big questions of what is substantial, what is a produced
> work, and what is a derived database).
>

Then there definitely should be a "Refuse; and declare as PD", since anyone
who truly is "pro-PD" would refuse to accept the draconian terms of the
ODbL.

The ODbL, with contractual enforcement of provisions beyond copyright law,
is extremely anti-PD.  Under it, "protection" lasts forever, meaning the
database never truly goes into the public domain.
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