[OSM-talk] Response to A critique of OpenStreetMap

[Frederik Ramm]

Hi,

Peter Körner wrote:
>>> Once OSM goes ODbL, I'd expect that Mapquest will stop licensing their
>>> tiles under a free license.
>>
>> They distribute it now for free? Why?
> 
> They are forced to by the CC-BY-SA License.

CC-BY-SA would still allow them to restrict access to the site, e.g. 
force users to log in or use an API key, which to my knowledge they 
don't. CC-BY-SA would still allow them to put up a site policy that says 
(for example) "private use only" or so, which to my knowledge they 
don't. Also, CC-BY-SA does not force them to openly publish their map 
styles, yet they do.

I don't share Anthony's fear that they will close down everything after 
the license change; I don't see any signs pointing in that direction.

Bye
Frederik