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

[Jonathan Harley]

On 02/02/11 18:58, Rob Myers wrote:
> 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.
>

In other words, yes, we have a different view of the intent.

Making it impossible to make works where not all of the elements are 
free does nothing to protect the freedom of individuals to use OSM.

J.

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