<div>Thank for clarifying Anthony.</div><div><br></div><div>I apologize for the mistake. Not the best way to start posting in this forum. I'm actually aware that the current license is <span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; ">CC-BY-SA 2.0 and this was an unfortunate copy/paste mistake.</span></div>
<div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; "></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; ">I do believe that my original questions still stand, as both licenses have a "share-alike" requirement. Of all the license requirements, that's the one that concerns me most, as providing all of my business data under the </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; ">CC-BY-SA 2.0 would not be viable. Here are some of the questions that pop to mind:</span></div>
<div><ul><li><font class="Apple-style-span" face="arial, sans-serif"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;">If a commercial application complements OSM POI data with user-provided data (example: display a OSM POI along with user-provided address, phone number, etc.), is that considered "</span></font><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: arial, verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 16px; ">altering, transforming, or building upon" OSM data? In that example, would I have to distribute my user-provided data under the </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; ">CC-BY-SA 2.0 license?</span></li>
<li><font class="Apple-style-span" face="arial, sans-serif"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;">What if I keep the OSM POI data in a separate database and only reference it, would that make a difference?</span></font></li>
<li><font class="Apple-style-span" face="arial, sans-serif"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;">If I help the community by feeding some of my user-provided data back to OSM, would that make a difference?</span></font></li>
<li><font class="Apple-style-span" face="arial, sans-serif"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;">If the OSM POI data is displayed together (i.e. in the same page or same screen or same map, etc.) with data and POIs from other sources, does the "share-alike" apply?</span></font></li>
</ul><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="arial, sans-serif"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;">Thanks,</span></font></div></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="arial, sans-serif"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;">Joao</span></font></div>
<div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; "><br></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; "><br>
</span></div><div><br></div><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Jan 21, 2011 at 3:28 AM, Anthony <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:osm@inbox.org">osm@inbox.org</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
<div class="im">On Thu, Jan 20, 2011 at 6:28 PM, Joao Neto <<a href="mailto:joao.p.neto@gmail.com">joao.p.neto@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
> Hi,<br>
><br>
> I'm planning to develop an Android application that displays OpenStreetMap<br>
> POIs near you and complements the OSM data with data coming from other<br>
> sources (address, phone numbers, user notes, etc.).<br>
> What are the license implications in doing that? Would I have to expose the<br>
> combined data under the ODbL?<br>
<br>
</div>OSM is not currently licensed under the ODbL. It is licensed under<br>
CC-BY-SA 2.0.<br>
<br>
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