[OSM-legal-talk] moving up the stack

[Richard Fairhurst]

Rob Myers wrote:

> Quoting Richard Fairhurst <richard at systemeD.net>:
>
>> That's fine. But what I don't understand is _why_ OSM doesn't want me
>> to be able to do that.
>
> I'm sure that OSM would love you to be able to do that.

Yet I still don't get why OSM requires me to change the business model.

I'm sure 3 and 4 could work, if I wanted to be an advertising website  
designer or a storm-proof-rambler-map retailer. (1 and 2 I'm less sure  
about: 1, I'd already released the map for the village website; 2,  
most web design companies do know how to Photoshop an arrow on.)

But what did OSM have against my original plan 0? Why does OSM have a  
licence that seeks to prevent it? Why does OSM want to encourage  
people to earn their living from storm-proof-rambler-maps? This is a  
genuine question - I honestly don't get it.

> This all assumes that OSM data can be copylefted, which we have yet to
> establish legally.

Yes, indeed.

cheers
Richard