[OSM-talk] License

[rob at robmyers.org]

Quoting Richard Fairhurst <richard at systemeD.net>:

> Therefore I would humbly submit that all we need to do is adopt a
> common position on this, as a clarification to the licence: "we do not
> consider that, in identifying the location of a feature by reference
> to other features on OpenStreetMap map or data, you are creating a
> derivative work".

This seems very sensible. Creative Commons US have mentioned a couple of times
that the licensor's intention would affect interpretation of the 
license (! :-)
).

- Rob.