[OSM-legal-talk] Fwd: OSM (Open Street Map) Creative Commons Licence 2.5 (CCL) versus GeoBase Unrestricted Use Licence Agreement (GeoBase licence)

[Robin Paulson]

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.

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>  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)

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>   > 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