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

[Martin Koppenhoefer]

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> Am 24.09.2015 um 11:23 schrieb Frederik Ramm <frederik at remote.org>:
> 
> 
> I would hesitate to apply this rule for making a selection that can not
> be repeated ("select reverse geocoding results for this non-public list
> of coordinates and store them in my non-public derived database").


I had understood that a database containing the list of coordinates would have to be made public (on request), just not what they were standing for/how they were gathered.



> 
> Whether something is useful to us or not is not a factor in determining
> where ODbL share-alike applies. This is not great - I'd love a license
> that forces people to share stuff we're interested in and ignores
> everything else. But it is hard to put that in lawyerese ;)


it would also open a can of worms to get to a definition of what is stuff we are interested in.


cheers 
Martin