[Openstreetmap] Editing, liscence, ownership, etc.

[wabanstar]

>From my editing perspective I would add;
If some one is making maps off data I provide and a
significant profits are realised, If I was paid and
edited full time, you get much more high quality data
as I could perhaps persue data collection and entry as
a vocation. As an 'owner' of my data in the sense of
profits driving data dev. I would be incentizised to
maintain an integrated and complete data set in
whatever region I covered. (to be agreed on)
     Kind of sound greedy, but provides a dev. model.
You could still accept donated 'free' data as well. 
     depends on the amount of data you want, how fast,
and what quality.
 wabanstar
PS: higher quality drives commercial interest
'donation', which in turn drives equipment, coding,
administration, etc.
Kind of like the market model, except producers get
paid and investors don't. Less middlemen.

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