[OSM-talk] British stations in Wikipedia vs. OSM

[Frederik Ramm]

Hi,

> A quick reality check here.
> 
> The question that comes to mind is why? Why would wikipedia and OSM end up
> fighting and who gains what by doing so?

I have just said that to point out the legal quagmire caused by
copyleft licenses, especially where incompatible ones meet. Even today
I cannot, legally, create a work derived from OSM sources and
Wikipedia at the same time - or more specifically, I can create a work
but never distribute it because distributing it under Wikipedia's
license would violate OpenStreetMap's and vice versa.

I am not saying this is good in any way, I am saying this is bullshit
since we should all be on the "same side" of whatever. But in fact,
when it comes down to the legal nitty-gritty, we aren't, and a
Wikipedia participant could sue me for license infringement just like
Google could sue me if I used their data.

For me, personally, this is a proof of copyleft people shooting
themselves in the foot and actually undermining the kind of creativity
they aim to foster; and one further reason to support PD instead of
CC-BY-SA or GPL or whatever.

I don't see a big difference between using, say, your Royal Mail
database that was recently spoken of to check which roads are missing
in the OSM data base and using Wikipedia to check which railway
stations we might be missing. Either both are ok, or none is. 

Bye
Frederik

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