[OSM-talk] What could we do to make this licences discussion more inclusive?

[Richard Weait]

On Sun, Jul 18, 2010 at 2:01 PM, John Smith <deltafoxtrot256 at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 19 July 2010 03:54, SteveC <steve at asklater.com> wrote:
>> John, you're painting a dystopian view based on a couple of key things - that 1) nearmap would never change their mind and 2) the 'same thing' could happen at any point.
>
> The email I received from their CEO was fairly definite about the map
> data being share alike.

And under ODbL the map data is share alike.

>> 1) I think their mind could be changed, maybe by giving them a more positive view on the process that led to this license, the people behind it and so on. Perhaps they have been given a dystopian view of the license?
>
> I never said they didn't agree to the ODBL, but that the new CTs,
> specifically section 3, wasn't going to be compatible, even if ODBL
> is.

Only if a later license change were to go non-SA.  An hypothetical
situation that you have created.