[OSM-talk] License

[Robert (Jamie) Munro]

A Morris wrote:
> I vote for keeping CC.
> 
> I'm totally happy with my CC-licensed map data being used in proprietary
> navigation systems, speed camera warning systems, printed maps sold in
> shops, websites with adverts, etc, but when said vendor discovers a new
> speed camera, I want them to be forced to add that speed camera back
> into OSM.
> 
> That simply won't happen if OSM is PD.

It won't happen with CC either. That's not what the CC license says.

It would be great to have an alternative license that does say something
like that, though, but currently we can't. The foundation only have the
data under CC, so they can't offer it under anything else.

I've never advocated going public domain, just letting the foundation
have a choice over future licensing, rather than fix ourselves to a
single license now, particularly as that license is incompatible with
npemaps postcode collection system.

Robert (Jamie) Munro

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