[OSM-talk] Legal discussion on talk@

[Holger Meyer]

Liz wrote:
> On Sat, 14 Aug 2010, SteveC wrote:
>   
>> Please move all legal discussion (except announcements of course) to
>>
>> 	http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/legal-talk
>>
>> or
>>
>> 	http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/legal-general
>>
>> Steve
>>
>> stevecoast.com
>>
>>     
>
> I think that is censorship.
>   
Sorry, but your thinking is nonsense! This just has nothing to do with 
censorship.

Asking for legal discussions to happen on the legal list is common 
sense. I have long ago made up my mind on the licensing issues and would 
appreciate not having to read through a lot more of this.
I only contribute original data, based on my own GPS traces, and so any 
talk about license implications on tracing from Yahoo images or such 
concerns that may possibly be reasonable for some to consider, do not 
apply to me. Who feels that this is relevant to them can follow legal-talk.

> Not every person on talk belongs to legal-talk.
>   
Yes, by choice! There is a reason osm has more than one list.

> If a poster wishes to spread a message more widely to the community, they 
> should be quite free to do so.
>   
Yes, so, if you really must, send an _occasional_ update on talk 
summarizing new developments on legal-talk and why they may be relevant 
to some users on talk. That is the exception included in the original post.


Best regards,
  Holger