[OSM-talk] FYI: Board now requires imports list (in)compatibility with OSM CT (& will work on a template)

[Tobias Knerr]

On 29.11.22 16:38 Dave F wrote:
> If it's a licence change by OSM then how can a maintainer of a database 
> possibly account for a future, unspecified change who's implementation 
> was out of their control?

Yes, it's about a license change by OSM.

I don't think it's outlandish to assume that at least some data donors 
are comfortable with such terms. After all, this is something that we 
expect of individual contributors: The Contributor Terms which every 
person with an OSM account has signed grants us (meaning the OSMF board 
and a 2/3 majority of active contributors) the right to switch to any 
unspecified open license in the future.

> Could you expand on what you mean by 'legal text'. Is it a legally 
> binding contract?

Answering by way of example: I would expect a similar implementation to 
the standard waiver we ask for before we import CC-BY data:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B3PN5zfbzThqeTdWR1l3SzJVcTg/view?resourcekey=0-PzVtHArfxvbYidpW2-AVTg