[OSM-legal-talk] Fwd: Re: [OSM-talk] OSM layer into Adobe Illustrator?

[Frederik Ramm]

Hi,

> The problem is _creating_ and maintaining that data when a large number of 
> people with diverse interests need to cooperate to make it happen.  The 
> default is for such people not to trust each other with unrestricted access 
> to their own valuable data, which is where copyleft licenses come in, by 
> providing a set of "share alike" rules which means that nobody who 
> contributes data can fail to get the full benefit from it.

But that is exactly what I fear: I contribute now, and a later, more 
commercially-minded instance of myself might fail to get the full 
benefit from it.

It's all nice happy-family talk of freedom, but woe to those who one day 
might cross the line that divides those spending money on a hobby from 
those trying to make money by forming a commercial enterprise.

I know, we don't explicitly forbid commercial use - but if the "SA" 
aspect is interpreted as "anything you build on top of OSM data has to 
be made available to your competitors without the chance of recapturing 
some of the funds invested", then we actively undermine possible 
commercial use.

Bye
Frederik

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