17 Oct 10, 01:41PM
I agree with you that banning people for modifying maps goes a bit far. You won't be banned here either as long as you stay civil, I can assure you that.
If you are unhappy with the wording, maybe you can suggest a better wording that makes clear that no derivative works are wanted. Though to the best of my knowledge, in common copyright handling, no derivative works are allowed until this is explicitly granted. Plus I have never heard that a license is required besides a copyright notice.
Nowadays, even no notice at all acts as a plain ©.
I am tired to argue about this any further. I wonder why people periodically try to challenge this issue - a right to mess with other people's stuff... maybe I'm just getting old, but to me that's not very respectful, and a bit sophomoric. That's just my personal opinion here.
I've argued over this enough, so I'll just stop.
If you are unhappy with the wording, maybe you can suggest a better wording that makes clear that no derivative works are wanted. Though to the best of my knowledge, in common copyright handling, no derivative works are allowed until this is explicitly granted. Plus I have never heard that a license is required besides a copyright notice.
Nowadays, even no notice at all acts as a plain ©.
I am tired to argue about this any further. I wonder why people periodically try to challenge this issue - a right to mess with other people's stuff... maybe I'm just getting old, but to me that's not very respectful, and a bit sophomoric. That's just my personal opinion here.
I've argued over this enough, so I'll just stop.