[OSM-talk] Objects versions ready for ODbL

[Elizabeth Dodd]

On Mon, 20 Dec 2010 11:25:05 +0100
Simone Cortesi <simone at cortesi.com> wrote:

> On Mon, Dec 20, 2010 at 10:00, Stephen Hope <slhope at gmail.com> wrote:
> > I must admit, however, that basically handing the keys to the OSMF,
> > which is what the new CT's amount to, is not filling me with joy
> > considering their track record to date. I'm willing to do a certain
> > amount of work to make sure the data I've provided over the years
> > isn't lost, but if they jerk me around too much or make it too hard
> > I'll just write it off as a loss and spend my free time somewhere
> > it's appreciated.
> 
> this is no way different from GPL released software:
> http://www.gnu.org/licenses/why-assign.html
> 

GPL may be either way - all code contributed to a project is
copyrighted to the project, or copyright remaining with the author.
Just to check the Linux Kernel where both types are represented
http://www.kernel.org/legal.html
Copyright 1997-2007 The Linux Kernel Organization, Inc.

Distributed software is copyrighted by their respective contributors
and are distributed under their own individual licenses.