[OSM-legal-talk] Using OSM data, to generate game worlds. How does the license apply to projects like this?

Kathleen Lu kathleen.lu at mapbox.com
Thu Feb 11 19:45:01 UTC 2021


> The share-alike requirement of the ODbL is not specifically designed to
> benefit OSM.  The basic philosophy behind it is that if you combine OSM
> data with other data to create a data set that represents additional
> value compared to the sum of its parts that data set should be made
> available under an open license as well.

This description erases the concept of "Collective Database" from ODbL.



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