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

[Matt Amos]

On Mon, Aug 9, 2010 at 11:05 PM, John Smith <deltafoxtrot256 at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 10 August 2010 08:02, Matt Amos <zerebubuth at gmail.com> wrote:
>> that's currently awaiting legal advice. but if you can save us, and
>> the lawyers, the trouble of giving advice, thanks!
>
> How many different lawyers have been asked, and do they all share the
> same opinions that we've been hearing?

of course, any lawyer is free to look at it. the lawyers that have
been asked to look at it are, as far as i know, the guys acting
pro-bono for us at WSGR and ITO world's lawyer. independently, the
lawyers at CC and axel metzger, andrea rossati and
arnoud engelfriet have given opinions.

see http://lists.okfn.org/pipermail/odc-discuss/2009-August/000181.html
and http://lists.openstreetmap.org/pipermail/talk/2009-December/045170.html
and http://blog.iusmentis.com/2009/07/15/open-source-databanken-de-opendatabanklicentie-versie-10
and http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Open_Database_License#ODbL_reviews_from_lawyers

cheers,

matt