OpenStreetMap bot removes waypoints after licensing change (The H)

Posted Jul 31, 2012 21:06 UTC (Tue) by robert_s (subscriber, #42402)
In reply to: OpenStreetMap bot removes waypoints after licensing change (The H) by hummassa
Parent article: OpenStreetMap bot removes waypoints after licensing change (The H)

"Seriously, now, geodata is complex because it is not considered everywhere as copyrightable."

Well, it's not just that - it's also about what is considered a derived work.

"THAT is why CC-BY-SA was a better license than ODbL for OSM data."

Except that its fuzziness in the area of geodata had the beautiful dual quality of scaring off potential commercial users while at the same time probably also being unenforceable. Certainly unenforceable against a foe with any real legal budget to speak of as OSM's legal budget is ~0.

OpenStreetMap bot removes waypoints after licensing change (The H)

Posted Aug 1, 2012 8:16 UTC (Wed) by epa (subscriber, #39769) [Link]

Are you aware of how much more difficult and expensive it is to bring proceedings under breach of contract rather than copyright infringement? The contract language in the ODbL could well make it harder to enforce.