[OSM-legal-talk] Paid services from OSM

[Frederik Ramm]

Hi,

80n wrote:
> There's no dispensation in the proposed license for a "Master" 
> database.

But there is a distinction between a "database" and "data". I always 
thought that what I collect with my GPS is just "data", and only becomes 
a "database" when combined with the work of others and arranged in a 
common electronic format.

But I might be totally wrong there.

> If someone forks the project then the fork should be able to 
> operate on exactly the same basis as the original project.

My opinion as well, I'm all in favour of history dumps.

Bye
Frederik

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