[OSM-legal-talk] Forking - was Paid services from OSM

[Adrian]

>> If someone forks the project then the fork should be able to 
>> operate on exactly the same basis as the original project.
> 
> On closer inspection, this will never be possible. If you fork OSM, 

It's worth noting that it isn't possible to fork OSM on the same terms 
at the moment, even keeping the same licence.

For an example, consider where Australia will be in 50 years time. The 
current OSM database can solve that problem, a fork based on the planet 
dump would be unable to.