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

Christoph Hormann chris_hormann at gmx.de
Thu Feb 11 19:53:04 UTC 2021


On Thursday 11 February 2021, Kathleen Lu via legal-talk wrote:
> > 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.

No, a collective database by definition represents no additional value
compared to the sum of its parts because it *is* the sum of its parts.

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