[OSM-talk] Frederik declares war on data imports...

Matt Amos zerebubuth at gmail.com
Mon Aug 9 22:43:26 BST 2010


On Mon, Aug 9, 2010 at 10:30 PM, John Smith <deltafoxtrot256 at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 10 August 2010 07:25, Matt Amos <zerebubuth at gmail.com> wrote:
>> they do. and it's in the contributor terms: "ODbL 1.0 for the database
>> and DbCL 1.0 for the individual contents of the database". the
>> database is attribution and share-alike. the contents, as facts, hold
>> no copyright - so copyright law can't be used to enforce attribution
>
> But the contents aren't just facts, especially when it comes to
> subjective tags like smoothness...

it's great that you think that, but many lawyers think otherwise. in
any case, they'll be just facts if someone strips the smoothness tags
out.

wouldn't you prefer to protect the *whole* database?

i'm not saying this for your benefit, by the way. it seems pretty
obvious you've made up your mind and aren't going to change it in the
face of reasoned argument or factual counterpoint.

cheers,

matt




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