[OSM-talk] How is there not any creative-type (US) copyright in OSM data?

[John Smith]

2009/12/13 Anthony <osm at inbox.org>:
> On Sat, Dec 12, 2009 at 10:56 PM, John Smith <deltafoxtrot256 at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>>
>> That's the issue I have, I have no problem giving back to the
>> community, but I don't want commercial companies just sucking up all
>> the data and not giving hardly anything back in return if they extend
>> the map, it's not fair to me or anyone else who chooses to donate our
>> time for "the greater good".
>
> It's perfectly fair.  You agreed to license your contributions under
> CC-BY-SA.  CC-BY-SA doesn't require that you give anything back to anyone.
> It only requires that you give credit to the authors and license any
> derivative works that you distribute under CC-BY-SA.
>

That isn't the debate, the debate is if CC-BY-SA can enforce it or
not, some people claim it can't in some countries even Australia to
some extent or other, so ODBL is being presented as an option to close
loopholes that CC-BY-SA has.