[OSM-legal-talk] CC-BY-SA / Non-separatable combination of OSM+other

Rob Myers rob at robmyers.org
Wed Feb 2 18:58:01 GMT 2011


On 02/02/2011 06:47 PM, Jonathan Harley wrote:
>
> I think we may have differing interpretations of the intent of the
> license. Mine is that the license is supposed to allow people to use the
> map in a variety of ways, online and in print, so long as any new data
> is open and OSM is attributed; not that it was intended to prevent
> people from creating works in which not all elements are free.

The intent of the licence is to protect the freedom of individuals to 
use the map.

Any derivative work must therefore be under the same licence.

Making works where all the elements are not free is precisely what this 
is intended to protect against.

- Rob.



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