[Imports] NYC OpenData License Terms - Thoughts?

Serge Wroclawski emacsen at gmail.com
Fri Nov 4 09:59:47 GMT 2011


On Fri, Nov 4, 2011 at 1:34 AM, Bryqce Nesbitt <bryce2 at obviously.com> wrote:
> The attribution requirement is something I think OSM could and should
> support in the future.

Do you think OSM should support a map where every single individual
contributor is required to be credited in the way they like?

> It is basically a variety on the CC attribution
> requirement.  Name your sources is always a good thing.

It's nothing like that, since I can fork the data and call it whatever I like.

And some of these issues are why OSM is moving to ODbL.

Remember, OSM is not a collection of data, but a unified single data set.

> The termination requirement is a poision pill, and obviously totally
> unacceptable.

Right- this license and this data source are not acceptable. Let's move on.

- Serge



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