[OSM-talk] Using editors to indicate license preference.

[Anthony]

On Sun, Jan 17, 2010 at 9:54 AM, John Smith <deltafoxtrot256 at gmail.com>wrote:

> 2010/1/18 Anthony <osm at inbox.org>:
> > That's not how the ODBL works.  When the switch is made to the ODBL,
> every
> > individual changeset/node/way/etc will be effectively in the PD (everyone
> in
> > the world will have a non-revocable license to do anything restricted by
> > copyright law).  Only the database as a whole will be under ODBL.
>
> I don't know enough about ODBL to argue that point, but it seems to be
> irrelevent since getting the data out the other end as PD is what is
> important to some.
>
> If this isn't a valid method (waits for some more armchair lawyers to
> turn up), then the other option is to have editors upload data to
> multiple locations if the desired outcome is to have a set of PD
> information.
>

I didn't say it's invalid so much as it's redundant.

All contributions are effectively PD anyway.
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