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

[Russ Nelson]

Anthony writes:
 > 
 > 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.

Errrr, no. If you want to wave that right, then you put your work into
the public domain.

Oh, but wait, you're Anthony. You don't just celebrate Backwards Day,
you're working on Backwards Century.

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