[Osmf-talk] LWG recommends license change-over can go ahead

[Michael Collinson]

Dear OSMF members,

Just to let you know that I have been able to send the following 
recommendation to the board. I understand that they will consider this 
at their meeting on Wednesday in Tokyo. For the LWG, our remaining task 
is coordinate on updating all license-related documentation on the OSM 
and OSMF wikis ... most is already done.

"The License Working Group understands that  DWG has completed redaction 
runs and believes the live published database to be clean.  LWG has also 
reviewed a number of cases and is satisfied that the redaction bot 
performed correctly and that all issues reported immediately after the 
main run have been investigated and properly responded to. It is 
therefore our recommendation that the license under which OpenStreetMap 
geodata is published be changed from CC-BY-SA to Open Database License 
(ODbL) 1.0 as per 
http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Open_Database_License/Implementation_Plan 
Subject to board approval, we request that a date and time be set so 
that key documents can be changed. "

Regards,
Michael Collinson
Chair, License Working Group