[OSM-legal-talk] The edges of share-alike on data Re: Attribution

[Rob Myers]

On 04/05/14 11:50 PM, Simon Poole wrote:
> 
> The licence is substantially more restrictive in what it effects
> (original OSM data and derivatives of it) than you are portraying it. In
> particular it explicitly allows combination with other data without
> effecting the legal status of such. IF the ODbL had the effect you
> attribute to it, then we would really have a problem (and likely OSM
> usage would go through the floor).

You are absolutely right. I apologize for overstating the license's reach.

- Rob.