[OSM-talk] open data

[Richard Fairhurst]

On 21 Sep 2006, at 19:33, OJW wrote:

> When someone uses a CC-BY-SA map in their products, then lots of good 
> things
> happen:
> * The publisher obviously benefits, from being able to easily download 
> and use
> map data
> * OSM benefits, as people who read the guidebook find out about OSM 
> (and they
> learn in a very practical way the benefits of copyleft, as they have a 
> map
> that they can copy)
> * The mappers benefit, from knowing their work is being used to expand 
> the
> Creative Commons, perhaps encouraging guidebooks, leaflets, or posters 
> that
> are copyleft

Agree with 1 and 2a. (Both of these are offered by CC-BY as well.)

Not sure about 2b and 3. They make sense to you because (I'm guessing) 
you're a copyleft enthusiast. But OSM isn't here to promote copyleft in 
guidebooks and leaflets, it's here to encourage and provide free 
geospatial data. 3 assumes the mapper actively wants to expand the 
Creative Commons in the first place!

cheers
Richard
(sent to the list this time, oops)