[OSM-talk] Enough is enough: disinfecting OSM from poisonous people

[Patrick Kilian]

Hi,

>> No matter if the claim is 10% or 100% it should be made and it should be
>> heard. 
> Without more details about contributor intent we are left to speculate...
True. But I think we both agree that it is a valid point that should be
discussed and handled (hopefully in a manner to minimize data loss) in a
civilized and ordered fashion.


>> But there has been the claim "CC-BY-SA works perfectly well". If it
>> actually works has to be tested in court. But there are enough lawyers 
> Can we get 2 of these lawyers to waste some of their time and to sue
> each other over this, at least that would be the end of it then one
> way or the other.
In theory a very nice idea but you would have to repeat that about 200
times to cover all relevant jurisdictions. (I'm not going to think about
the problem if we need 40000 cases to test all pairs of jurisdictions.)

I certainly don't want to find out in 10 years when google is on one
side of the case and OSM on the other side. That's why I favor a move to
a license with a better chance of survival in court.


Patrick "Petschge" Kilian