[OSM-legal-talk] When should ODbL apply to geocoding

[Rob Myers]

On 2015-09-22 16:38, Paul Norman wrote:
> I'm trimming the cc list and taking this to a new thread, since it's
> independent of the metadata guideline.
> 
> On 9/22/2015 4:26 PM, Alex Barth wrote:
>> Overall, I'd love to see us moving towards a share alike 
>> interpretation that applies to "OSM as the map" and allows for liberal 
>> intermingling of narrower data extracts. In plain terms: to 
>> specifically _not_ extend the ODbL via share alike to third party data 
>> elements intermingled with OSM data elements of the same kind. E. g. 
>> mixing OSM and non-OSM addresses should not extend ODbL to non-OSM 
>> addresses, mixing OSM and non-OSM POIs should not extend the ODbL to 
>> non-OSM POIs and so forth.

It's that time again! :-)

> Turning this around, when do you think share-alike should apply in a
> geocoding context?

As with any other context, and as described by the license, when a 
substantial portion of the database is copied.

- Rob.