[OSM-legal-talk] OSM usage in commercial apps.

[Richard Weait]

On Mon, Sep 7, 2009 at 8:21 AM, Algirdas
Mockus<algirdas.mockus at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hy everybody,
>
> Our company is planning to use Marble widget in commercial product. As you
> know Marble is licensed under LGPL v2 license, that permits its usage in
> commercial closed source apps. I have a question ... is it possible to use
> open street maps data together with Marble in such application not breaking
> any legal rights (meeting Creative Commons license)? Thanks for your
> answears.

Dear Algirdas,

The ccbysa license allows commercial use.  Your obligation is to
credit OpenStreetMap to satisfy the "BY" requirement.  Please see the
wiki for specific examples of proper credit.
http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Legal_FAQ#I_would_like_to_use_OpenStreetMap_maps._How_should_I_credit_you.3F

The "Share Alike" obligation is slightly more complex.  As long as you
are using _unchanged OSM data_ Share Alike places no additional
obligation on you.  Can you share any more details so that we can be
more specific?

Best regards,
Richard