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

[SteveC]

On Jul 18, 2010, at 9:49 PM, Anthony wrote:

> On Sun, Jul 18, 2010 at 2:11 PM, SteveC <steve at asklater.com> wrote:
> The companies I talk to today come down in to two camps on PD. The first basically lick their lips and want us to go PD so they don't have to contribute anything (in effect make their business easier) and the second think it would be nuts because then the project wouldn't have long term growth potential and would probably die and fragment like BSD did etc etc etc.
> 
> I'd count the second group as the brighter ones.
> 
> That's interesting, because last time you commented on it, you said "it would be much better to move OSM to PD or CC0 for CloudMade and all the other companies".  Glad to see you're being more honest about it.

Hi

Of course it would be better - then CM and everyone else could do what they like without having to deal with emails like this one. There's nothing new or complicated here - it's very simple. The best thing for CloudMade would be to have complete and free access to the data. The best thing for OSM and the community as a whole, including commercial vendors like CM, is to have share-alike provisions which keep everyone contributing and honest.

Just basic game theory.

Steve

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