[OSM-legal-talk] Fwd: OSM (Open Street Map) Creative Commons Licence 2.5 (CCL) versus GeoBase Unrestricted Use Licence Agreement (GeoBase licence)
Robin Paulson
robin.paulson at gmail.com
Mon Apr 7 21:06:22 BST 2008
On 08/04/2008, Nick Black <nickblack1 at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I've been involved in some ongoing dialogue with Natural Resources,
> Government of Canada, who are keen for their National Road Network to
> be used by OSM. There are a few particularities of the license that
> need clarifying on OSM's party. Natural Resources are happy that OSM's
> current cc-by-sa license is fully compatible with their own licensing.
> I would appreciate input from the community here - do we agree with
> Natural Resources' interpretation of the license? If not can we give
> them some constructive feedback regarding their own license? If so,
> I'll move ahead with getting the data imported.
...........
> Date: Mon, Apr 7, 2008 at 8:19 PM
> Subject: RE: OSM (Open Street Map) Creative Commons Licence 2.5 (CCL)
> versus GeoBase Unrestricted Use Licence Agreement (GeoBase licence)
............
> > You have expressed concerns about the 'compatibility' between the
> > GeoBase Unrestricted Use Licence Agreement (GeoBase licence) and the
> > Creative Commons Share Alike 2.5 Licence (CCL) used for Open Street
> Map (OSM).
have i missed something? i thought osm used "Creative Commons
Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0 license" not "Creative Commons Share Alike
2.5 Licence"
http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/index.php/OpenStreetMap_License
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