[OSM-talk] open data

[Paul Dixon]

> ...In this scenario, the licencing that would 
> suit both the publisher and OSM would be one where the *maps* themselves 
> would remain free (i.e. the publisher couldn't prevent someone photocopying 
> the *maps*), yet the remainder of the book could be under whatever copyright 
> suited the publisher. i.e. the OSM licence doesn't "spread" to the rest of 
> the book. 
I think this may already be possible under the CC licence - the map 
itself is a derived work and must be properly attributed, but the book 
of maps is collective work, and therefore need not be share-alike.