[OSM-talk] Partnership between OSM and local government?

Frederik Ramm frederik at remote.org
Wed Sep 22 09:24:09 BST 2010


Hi,

John Smith wrote:
> There is a difference between scaring them away and giving them all
> the pertinent facts that may become relevant. 

"If you drink this bottle of soda pop, you increase your risk of 
permanent tooth damage."

> In this case they may
> assume that they will always be given indirect attribution when in
> fact this may not be the case in future.

As I said, most aren't even interested in today's attribution, and much 
less in what might or might not be in the future. Of course if someone 
*is* interested they'll get the whole run-down from CC-BY-SA over ODbL 
and including our prerogative to change to any other free+open license 
in the future.

In many cases (at least in those where you deal with someone who 
actually has the power to sign something off) it boils down to whether 
you can get them to like the project and its participants. It is more 
about what we do and what kind of people we are, about our spirit than 
some nitty-gritty license paragraphs.

I agree that this may be different if you're dealing with a bueraucracy 
on a national level where you don't try to get them to give the data to 
you because they like you and your project, but instead you try to make 
them release the data to the public under a certain and specific 
license. That might be a different ball game which requires different 
tactics.

Bye
Frederik
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