[OSM-talk] [OSM-legal-talk] License Change View on OSM Inspector

[Peter Wendorff]

Am 13.12.2011 20:59, schrieb Nathan Edgars II:
> On 12/13/2011 2:57 PM, Frederik Ramm wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> On 12/13/2011 08:47 PM, Nathan Edgars II wrote:
>>> I have done many edits of this sort over the years. It has been 
>>> standard
>>> practice for a long time. Any tainting has already happened.
>>
>> I am not talking about any tainting that has happened in the past
>> without people having thought about it. I am talking about any tainting
>> that you, willfully, and in the full knowledge that it is problematic,
>> commit (or incite others to commit) after today.
>
> There is no difference in terms of acceptability under the ODBL+CT. 
> Such copying is either OK or not.
Even in law exists the distinction between crimes done willingly and 
those done unwillingly or without knowledge. You don't get necessarily 
out of the case without any harm if you didn't know or didn't want it, 
but often you have to do/pay/be imprisoned less than if you would have 
done that willingly.

I would agree, that this particular edits are harmless and should not be 
criminalized - AS LONG AS the editor didn't know about it.
You in particular told us here, word by word, that you know about it and 
that you will planfully follow that approach in the near future, too.
That is different to someMapper doing that without knowledge of any 
future license change and without the intent to circumvent any legal issues.

regards
Peter
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