[OSM-legal-talk] Best license for future tiles?

Anthony osm at inbox.org
Fri Nov 19 17:14:19 GMT 2010


On Fri, Nov 19, 2010 at 9:47 AM, Rob Myers <rob at robmyers.org> wrote:
> On 11/19/2010 01:43 PM, Anthony wrote:
>>
>>  The ODbL does not *say* (i.e. contain
>> the text) "you can make Produced Works and release them as CC-BY".
>> Combined with the DbCL it might be the case that you can do so, but
>> the ODbL does not *say* you can do so.
>
> It contains, in combination with the DbCL, the permissions required to do
> so.

And I never said it didn't.

>> That was, of course, the first point of a much larger argument, but I
>> find it strange that this particular preliminary point, which is
>> indisputable, was questioned.  Search the ODbL for the string "CC-BY".
>>  You won't find it.
>
> Search the ODbL for the string "proprietary licence".
>
> You won't find it.

Correct.

> So if what you are saying is correct the ODbL
> doesn't allow you to make proprietary produced works either.

I have no idea where you're getting that from.



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