[OSM-talk] CC-BY-SA derived ODbL data

Richard Fairhurst richard at systemed.net
Tue Aug 10 12:17:45 BST 2010


John Smith wrote:
> I'm not being petty in the least, I want a compromise, but others 
> have outright refused to even consider any kind of a compromise 
> that will save years of work without resorting to shady legal tactics.

Hey, now that's not fair.

The reason I suggested to LWG that they drop the relicensing option from the
Contributor Terms, and limit future options to CC-BY-SA or ODbL[1], was
precisely that: a spirit of compromise.

Personally I'd love OSM to be PD, yet I suggested a scheme to LWG that would
rule out OSM _ever_ being relicensed as PD. "Compromise" is probably too
mild a word for that.

cheers
Richard

[1] ODbL is defined by its maintainers Open Data Commons as "Share-Alike for
data/databases", and contrary to misinformation, _does_ have an attribution
requirement on Produced Works. It is a By/SA licence and will remain one.
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