[Talk-ca] why is OdbL needed for OpenStreetMap?

[Sam Vekemans]

OdbL is needed for OpenStreetMap because, sinple put, not all
datatsets that are out their are made available in the public domain.
if all datasets were already made available i the public domain, there
there would be no need to try to 'protect' the data.


this 'protection of data' is a safeguard medium, so then it ensures
that it doesnt get mixed in with other datatsets, that ot make their
data avaialbe back to the end users.


so essentially, odbl is needed so that for all datasets that are use t
enhance the map, the osm data, in turn, can be used to enhance the
sours ttset, (where the origional daa came from) to make it beter.


so in other words, the reason we need to have  odbl licence, is to
ensure that the gis data remains sitting on a 2-way street.


so for natural resources canada, because we are allowed to use the
data, we can give back changes that are made, so then the source
dataset can be improved. and in turn, we get even more quality data,
as itbecomes a perpedual. make sence?

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