[OSM-talk] open data

[Tom Chance]

Ahoy,

On Wednesday 20 September 2006 15:28, David Sheldon wrote:
> We couldn't use OSM data for something like
>  
> http://www.recyclenow.com/applications/recyclenow_2006/banklocator/search_r
>esults.rm?place=ox1+3js

Maybe OSM could dual license the data, requiring a far-below-commercial-rate 
donation to the project for non-fre users? ;-)

I'm always very dubious of people claiming their boss, or company X, wouldn't 
be able to turn a profit using a copyleft license. Unless somebody has a 
comprehensive survey of the cartography industry showing that commissions and 
contracts are rubbish, and continued ownership of custom maps is essential, 
I'd lean towards saying "tough luck" to those who want to take the OSM 
community's work and cash out. As Etienne said, OSM is going great guns now 
and I see no need to cede the data to the public domain just because we can't 
do nice recycling facility maps yet (except for Reading uni campus, which is 
half-complete: http://tom.acrewoods.net/files/osm/whiteknights_campus.png )

Regards,
Tom

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