[OSM-talk] OSM license change: A license to kill? -> How to make a nightmare come true!

Iván Sánchez Ortega ivan at sanchezortega.es
Wed Mar 4 22:59:04 GMT 2009


El Miércoles, 4 de Marzo de 2009, nicholas.g.lawrence at mainroads.qld.gov.au 
escribió:
> How about the option of contributors transferring their
> copyright to OSM (the legal entity) which can then choose
> to release the data under an appropriate license?

This is not a good idea because the OSMF can be "bought out" quite easily by a 
big company.

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Eight hours of work and all I managed to do was learn that the only reason 
they call it "Windows" is because prolonged usage makes you want to throw 
your computer through one...
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