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

[SteveC]

On Dec 8, 2009, at 2:03 PM, Stefan de Konink wrote:

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> SteveC schreef:
>>>>>> You're really advocating switching license without asking anyone?
>>>>> Isn't he merely stating that if you truly believe CC-BY-SA doesn't
>>>>> protect the data, you don't have to ask anyone to do so?
>>>> to do what, relicense?
>>> Exactly; if your statement is sound. CC-BY-SA doesn't protect us, thus
>>> doesn't protect us against ourselves, thus OSMF could declare the data
>>> today as ODbL, and wait to get sued by the editors that doesn't like
>>> this change, if the CC-BY-SA holds the relicense has just been made a
>>> copyright infringement and therefore wasn't required in the first place.
>> 
>> So you really are saying the LWG / OSMF should just ignore everyone and change the license?
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> This is the /only/ way to prove that CC-BY-SA is enough to have your
> original data protected. If the outcome of such case would be that it
> was legally sound to do so, you can victoriously claim that what the
> OSMF was in the best interest of the project.

Why don't you do it then, try and fork to CC0 or PD with planet.osm ?

Yours &c.

Steve