[OSM-talk] [Candidacy] AGM Foundation 2010 - Girona

[John Smith]

On 3 July 2010 23:16, Frederik Ramm <frederik at remote.org> wrote:
> 4. It is my personal opinion that advocates of share-alike licenses are
> driven less by the desire to create something great, but more by the desire
> to ringfence, protect, defend what they think is their property against
> imaginary powers of evil. I am opposed to the idea of property in this
> context. Anyone who goes outside, sees a lamp post, writes down that he has
> seen a lamp post, and then goes on to derive intellectual property rights
> from this action should go away and join the RIAA. But that is my personal
> opinion and we have many ardent share-alike supporters in OSM whose work and
> dedication have done a lot to further OSM's success and I, grudgingly,
> respect their predilection.

What you quoted had nothing to do with share-a-like, but was
specifically about attribution...

As I pointed out in a previous email, the issue of license for most
contributors is a moral one and doesn't directly effect contributors
one way or another, as long as it fits their sense of morals.