[OSM-talk] OSMF: The people you are going to hand over your OSM data ...

Frederik Ramm frederik at remote.org
Mon Dec 7 18:18:19 GMT 2009


Hi,

Michael Barabanov wrote:
> To create a value-add, a commercial 
> entity would have to extend it.

That surely is one way to create added value.

> So let's say they do in some 
> non-trivial way (e.g. not just copy the data wholesale or just create POIs).
> The next few updates of OSM in the area in question will likely break 
> those extensions, as there doesn't seem to be a way to merge non-trivial 
> changes (e.g. topology changes).
> The best course of action for such a commercial entity would be to 
> contribute things back then.

Totally true, and actually a good argument for the PD case. Anyone who 
takes OSM data and improves it privately is likely to to invest much 
more in tracking OSM than it would cost him to just release his data 
into OSM and save the effort.

Bye
Frederik

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