[OSM-talk] OpenStreetMap License Change Phase 3 begins Sunday

[David Groom]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "andrzej zaborowski" <balrogg at gmail.com>
To: "john whelan" <jwhelan0112 at gmail.com>
Cc: "OpenStreetMap talk mailing list" <talk at openstreetmap.org>
Sent: Thursday, April 14, 2011 7:34 PM
Subject: Re: [OSM-talk] OpenStreetMap License Change Phase 3 begins Sunday


>
> On 14 April 2011 18:26, john whelan <jwhelan0112 at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Unfortunately I some of my edits used some sources that looked fine under
>> the for CC-by-SA terms but on closer inspection of the ODBL terms, which 
>> was
>> done after I blindly followed the advice of another contributor, I am not 
>> at
>> all comfortable that the work would stand up legally for CC-by-ODBL 
>> terms.
>> I can give a date before which I was not so careful and would very much
>> prefer any edits done before this time to be deleted or are you saying 
>> I'm
>> now legally liable for the content of OSM even though I am aware some 
>> data
>> does not meet the ODBL terms and I have no way out of this?
>
> Under the Contributor Terms 1.2.4 I believe it will be the
> OpenStreetMap Foundation's responsibility to remove such data before
> switching the license, you will not be liable.  Until then the data
> will only be distributed under CC-By-SA and you can accept these new
> Contributor Terms by which you would be granting OSMF only the rights
> which you are able to grant.
>
> I'm not sure if my interpretation is correct and if it's not then I
> would like to know the correct interpretation to be able to give an
> answer to people asking about this in non-English forums.

see this thread (in particular Fracis Davey's comments) on the legal talk 
mailing list
http://lists.openstreetmap.org/pipermail/legal-talk/2011-April/005915.html

David

>
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