[OSM-talk] [Announce] OSMF license change vote has started
Morten Kjeldgaard
mok at bioxray.dk
Wed Dec 9 12:17:45 GMT 2009
Frederik Ramm wrote:
> I also tend to side with Creative Commons. It is not very wise of ODbL
> proponents to claim that CC say that CC-BY-SA doesn't work for data
> without also admitting that CC recommend CC0 for data.
Allow me a clarifying question in the midst of this interesting debate.
It appears to me that the only "data" in OSM is the underlying GPS tracks.
That data has been interpreted by the users into nodes and ways that find
their way into planet.osm. Making those nodes and ways, the users employ
their judgement and knowledge about the landscape, as in "I don't trust the
the GPS track around here because of trees and tall buildings," or "I'll
place a POI there because I know it's a pretty good pizza place. I'll look
up the opening hours too."
I would argue that the latter is creative works and not under the category
considered by the CC to be "data"?
Cheers,
Morten
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