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

[andrzej zaborowski]

On 13 December 2011 22:46, Peter Wendorff <wendorff en uni-paderborn.de> wrote:
> Am 13.12.2011 20:59, schrieb Nathan Edgars II:
>> 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.

In this case this is not a crime and not a violation of Contributor
Terms, the only reason a mapper may suspect it to be wrong is if they
know that it is going to lead to the OSMF later violating the
copyright of the original author by not applying sufficient criteria
for detecting that a given element's licensing is not compatible with
ODbL and publishing it under ODbL.  I'd say that's very far fetched
and (hopefully) an underestimate of the LWG's brain power.

Cheers