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

Anthony osm at inbox.org
Sun Jul 18 23:08:13 BST 2010


On Sun, Jul 18, 2010 at 5:56 PM, SteveC <steve at asklater.com> wrote:

>
> 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.
>

I guess I'll count you as one of the "less bright" ones.
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