[OSM-talk] License

[Robert Hart]

> 
> It seems to imply that OSMF "should" be selling our data as a
proprietary 
> product, so that when it appears in a book or magazine we can't even 
> photocopy the map, let alone the article.  

> I think it should have the option. If doing so makes the public data
> better, why would you object? Musicbrainz (a philosophically similar
> project) sells it's data to several commercial clients - forget "month
> of OSM", they have a full time member of staff and a rented office.

I would say wikipedia is a much more philosophically similar project.
They neither require copyright assignment, nor sell their data
commercially.

Rob





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