[OSM-talk] Contact And Remap Campaign

[Graham Jones]

Hi Mike,

Thank you for the considered reply.  Yes, it looks like 'orphan works' was
the term I was thinking of.  Thanks you for the links.

I think the reason that I do not agree that re-mapping is the better
option, is that I have no real interest in preserving my personal copyright
or changing the licence - when I started contributing to this project I did
not read the legal stuff enough to realise that I retained personal
copyright of the data I contributed and thought that I was contributing to
some sort of collective ownership project.   I remember thinking that the
attribution part of the licence was a nice idea because it is polite to say
where you got the data from, nothing more than that.  For this reason,
putting effort into addressing the consequences of a licence change will
never feel worthwhile to me, because I see no benefit in it.  I understand
that many people do think it is a good idea though, and respect that view.

If I sounded disrespectful of people's copyright, then I apologise - I do
not think that what I suggested is disrespectful, just a pragmatic
interpretation that is unlikely to offend many, and for which there is a
straightforward response to anyone that does not like what has been done to
their data.

Anyway for fear of this getting into the usual bad tempered 'debate' about
licence issues, this is my last word on the subject!

Cheers


Graham.


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Graham Jones
Hartlepool, UK.
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