[OSM-legal-talk] Licensing

[Dan Karran]

On 7/6/06, David Groom <reviews at pacific-rim.net> wrote:

> I was going to suggest the actual wording needs changing to something like :
>
> "By creating an account, you agree that all work uploaded to
> openstreetmap.org and all data / products derived from data on
> openstreetmap.org is to be licensed under this Creative Commons license"

Sounds better, but...

> However as the licensing seems to be open to debate, maybe we should just
> leave things as there are for the moment?

I think that's the best idea for now  :)

Good point Etienne, but even after signing up, you should still be
able to use the tools with your own data - and none from OSM itself -
without being subjected to that licence.


Cheers,
Dan

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