[Osmf-talk] CC BY SA 2.0 and backup plan

[Frederik Ramm]

Hi,

80n wrote:
> So how does mapnik combine the two datasets?  In memory.  I don't think 
> the definition of a database requires that it be resident on a physical 
> disk.  Mapnik has to either derive something from the CC-BY-SA data or 
> something from the ODbL data, it can't use magic.

Isn't that where the produced work comes it?

If we find a way to combine CC-BY-SA and ODbL data in the rendering 
process where the ODbL data has already ceased to be a database when it 
comes in contact with CC-BY-SA data, then we're ok.

Provided that such a point exists. One could argue that in order to be 
meaningfully combinable with CC-BY-SA data, ODbL data still *has* to be 
a database, whether it is in the form of a bitmap or not... ;-)

Bye
Frederik

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