[OSM-dev] USGS fork of OpenStreetMap

[Jukka Rahkonen]

Hi,

Will this USGS project be worldwide? I have some of my original work from
Finland stored as local .osm files and I would like to see them to be in
the public domain some day.

-Jukka Rahkonen-


Eric Wolf wrote:

> Yes. I realized after I sent the email that I meant to say ODbL but then
> read more on the wiki about the current license OSM uses: CC-BY-SA. Yet
> the
> end result is the same. The USGS is funded to produce public domain data.
> So
> either Congress or the President have to change what the USGS is funded to
> do or OSM can only continue take data upstream from our efforts.
>
> -Eric
>
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> Eric B. Wolf                           720-334-7734
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> On Thu, Jul 29, 2010 at 10:37 AM, 80n <80n80n at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> On Thu, Jul 29, 2010 at 4:18 AM, Eric Wolf <ebwolf at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> The OODB license that OSM uses places requirements on data consumers.
>>
>>
>> Eric, it's really neither accurate nor helpful to refer to OSM as being
>> licensed under OODB... ;)
>>
>> I guess you intended to say ODbL instead of OODB, but even so, neither
>> is
>> correct.  OSM content is licensed under CC-BY-SA.
>>
>> There is a process in place to move it to ODbL but until that actually
>> happens, if it ever does, it is firmly licensed under CC-BY-SA.  At the
>> current rate of progress it will continue to be licensed under CC-BY-SA
>> for
>> some time yet.
>>
>>
>> 80n
>>
>>
>>> There are people exploring shifting the USGS license model but that may
>>> take an Act of Congress (literally!).
>>>
>>> Of course, this means all of the data in a USGS fork can be put into
>>> OSM.
>>> Also, any code changes we make would be offered to the community.
>>>
>>> -Eric
>>>
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>>> Eric B. Wolf                           720-334-7734
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>>>
>>> On Wed, Jul 28, 2010 at 8:17 PM, Paul Johnson
>>> <baloo at ursamundi.org>wrote:
>>>
>>>> On Thu, 22 Jul 2010 10:27:49 -0600, Eric Wolf wrote:
>>>>
>>>> > An initial project has started at the USGS to explore using the OSM
>>>> > stack to facilitate our data integration and, eventually, involve
>>>> more
>>>> > user generated content (i.e., give a home to The National Map
>>>> Corps).
>>>> > The project is currently titled the OpenStreetMap Collaborative
>>>> > Prototype (OSMCP). It's a really small team (three people, part
>>>> time)
>>>> > working on this. Initially we are working with a state GIO
>>>> (geographic
>>>> > information office), loading their data into OSMCP, configuring the
>>>> > tools to use our schema and then co-editing the data. It's really
>>>> just
>>>> a
>>>> > "see what temperature the water is" kind of project right now but
>>>> will
>>>> > be expanding later this year and next.
>>>>
>>>> Given the sparsity of mappers in the United States, why not directly
>>>> contribute to the project, rather than attempting to fork it?  The
>>>> USGS
>>>> could be a bigger asset to OSM than the US Census.
>>>>
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