[OSM-talk] [Announce] OSMF license change vote has started

[Anthony]

On Tue, Dec 8, 2009 at 2:50 PM, SteveC <steve at asklater.com> wrote:

> You asked why it doesn't work, and there is a wealth of information on the
> list and the wiki...
>

There are a lot of claims on the list and the wiki that CC-BY-SA "doesn't
work", but that doesn't make them true.

The only plausibly credible claim as to why CC-BY-SA "doesn't work" is that
the database isn't copyrightable in the first place.  But 1) that's not
strictly true, the database is copyrightable, to some extent, in some
jurisdictions.  And 2) there's no harm in giving a license in a case where
the copyrightability of the work is unclear and/or disputed.
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