[Geodata] Geodata License

[Lorenzo Becchi]

> 
>>> I don't know if it's strong enough or may cause problems of any kind 
>>> to data access or usage.
>>
>> Richard Fairhurst's classic blog entry on "ShareAlike considered
>> harmful" and the commentary on it is worth looking at. 
>> http://www.systemed.net/blog/entry060311122655.html Some of his more 
>> recent "gonzo legal" research...
>> http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/index.php/Case_law
>>
> 
> Interesting, I'd not read that blog post before.  When I talked to the 
> CC science people they actually had a different interpretation for SA on 
> top of other mapping layers.  They said that the commercial licenses of 
> the other pieces some how take precedence, and thus it means you can 
> overlay SA data on top of it.  This is inspiring me to follow up with 
> them, who knows if anything will come of it.

I had the same feeling about it:
why cannot somebody show data with too different licenses like this?


> 
> But I went with CC SA-BY for my data, and I'm fine with people putting 
> it on top of other layers.  I do agree that NC is a bit much - it 
> doesn't gain you a lot and many people aren't sure if it will actually 
> hold up in court.

ok, make sense to me.
thanks

I'll try to invite them to adopt SA-BY

but I'll be listening to every other idea that can arise.


ciao
Lorenzo