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

Anthony osm at inbox.org
Sun Apr 17 01:53:08 BST 2011


On Sat, Apr 16, 2011 at 2:57 AM, Russ Nelson <nelson at crynwr.com> wrote:
> Mike N writes:
>  >    Even a proper reversion script will cause much collateral damage for
>  > the cases I'm aware of.
>
> The whole point behind having a license is to be able to sue people
> who violate it.

You've got it exactly backwards.  The whole point of having a free
license is to waive the right to sue people who follow it.



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