[OSM-talk] A reliable process for handling OSM license violations

[Frederik Ramm]

Russ,

Russ Nelson wrote:
> Gert, as long as OSM is copyrighted, the OSMF will need to be in the
> business of suing OSMers.

Certainly not under CC-BY-SA where OSMF has no legal basis for suing 
anyone (because even if OSM is copyrighted, OSMF is not the copyright 
holder nor has OSMF been formally asked to sue on their behalf by the 
copyright owners). - It *might* be different under ODbL but even if OSMF 
had a legal basis to sue somebody, it could very well decide that the 
possibility of a lawsuit is deterrence enough and simply ignore the few 
that are undeterred.

Bye
Frederik

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