[OSM-talk] What if ODBl 1.0 is superseeded by ODBl 2.0

[Donald Allwright]

>May be the FAQ should point out what could be the trouble to 
>switch from ODBL 1.0 to ODBl 2.0, just in case some oversight 
>become evident in the future.

I would be very keen to take a leaf out of the GPL world here, and license the data under
"ODBL 1.0 or later". That means if and when 2.0 comes out (which it surely will) the data are automatically
covered by the new version. When 2.0 does come out, that changes to "ODBL 2.0 or later" for all new data 
added to the project after that date. As long as we trust the body responsible for creating the ODBL licence to
create future versions in keeping with the aims of the licence that we currently understand, that should be
no problem.

Cheers,
Donald



      
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