[OSM-talk] License plan

80n 80n80n at gmail.com
Sat Feb 28 22:54:46 GMT 2009


On Sat, Feb 28, 2009 at 10:48 PM, Iván Sánchez Ortega <ivan at sanchezortega.es
> wrote:

> El Sábado, 28 de Febrero de 2009, 80n escribió:
> > So what percentage of *user contributed* data would other people feel
> > willing to see sacrificed in order to move forward with the new license?
>
> I'm one of the persons who consider CC-by-sa to be a risk for the integrity
> of
> the project (i.e. there are potential legal loopholes).
>
> I'd rather nuke half the user-contributed data than lose everything.
>

50% right?



>
> Also, I think we're making history here: there is the GPL as a share-alike
> *software* license, the CC-by-sa as a share-alike *artistic* license and
> there will be ODbL as a share-alike *database* license.
>
> This is a bold move, as OSM is the first project to embark into a
> share-alike
> license for databases (and I'm happy we're pioneering this field). I also
> think it's a much needed move.
>
> --
> ----------------------------------
> Iván Sánchez Ortega <ivan at sanchezortega.es>
>
> Un ordenador no es un televisor ni un microondas, es una herramienta
> compleja.
>
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