[OSM-talk] CC-BY-SA still available?
M∡rtin Koppenhoefer
dieterdreist at gmail.com
Sat Apr 16 19:35:03 BST 2011
2011/4/16 Ed Avis <eda at waniasset.com>:
> By excluding contributors who don't agree with the new scheme you are wielding
> a very sharp stick.... It would not be a good idea to set a precedent that the
> OSMF should simply push through the 'best' answer and exclude dissenters. One
> day, you might find yourself on the other side of the stick.
I agree that it is important how a community deals with dissenters.
> So while I understand that the great and the good who have considered the
> licensing question did not favour dual licensing as the ideal solution, it may
> nonetheless be the right compromise.
As far as I understand this, we would then have all the cons of
cc-by-sa (e.g. that some mayor mapping company could "rip us off")
with our data not protected in some jurisdictions, which was one of
the main reasons to go to another license. That would be a really big
compromise.
cheers,
Martin
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