[OSM-dev] USGS fork of OpenStreetMap

[John Smith]

On 30 July 2010 15:04, Alan Millar <amillar503 at gmail.com> wrote:
> When I started working on OSM, I wondered why some people thought all of the
> data should be PD.  It wasn't until later that I realized that this is one
> of the good reasons for it.

In the case of US data sure, but other governments release data under
cc-by... and others use cc-by-sa.... there is no license that will
satisfy everyone everywhere...