[OSM-talk] OpenStreetMap License Change Phase 3 Pre-Announcement

[Elizabeth Dodd]

On Sat, 16 Apr 2011 18:02:16 +0200
Frederik Ramm <frederik at remote.org> wrote:

> We have a situation where those who have spent time with it, and
> talked to lawyers and all, are positively sure that we do not have a
> working status quo. Doing nothing is not an option. In licensing
> terms, this house is on fire. Day after day we're violating our own
> license and making promises that we cannot keep.

Can you swap the flowery language for facts?

Please give examples.

I assure you, that my government has chosen CC licences for the release
of its own data, and that they can spend far more on lawyers than OSMF
ever will. I cannot believe that "the house is on fire".