[OSM-legal-talk] PD vs SA: The eternal battle

[Brian Quinion]

On Wed, Oct 22, 2008 at 11:27 AM, bvh <bvh-osm at irule.be> wrote:
> Actually no, your bus company is just going to take PD-OSM data and is
> going to bring out a map with its bus routes.  And its competitor is
> going to do the same. And no one will have the ability to take both
> maps and bring out one comprehensive 'public transport' map for your
> town containing routes from all bus companies. The consumer loses.

Just to point out that under the new license (and probably the current
one) they can do this anyway - and so can the fast food chains and
most anyone else.  They just create it as a seperate layer or as pins
on the map and as a result don't have to contribute their data back.

--
 Brian