[OSM-talk] Waze using OSM Data

[Dave Stubbs]

>
> This is a direct consequence of OSM not being PD !
>
> From our Homepage:
>
> The project (OSM) was started because most maps you think of as free
> actually have legal or technical restrictions on their use, holding back
> people from using them in creative, productive, or unexpected ways.
>
> This is typically a situation where be bite our own tail. A new innovative,
> creative and unexpected application is forced to withdraw much more data
> because our license forced them too.
>
> because we put  “legal restrictions on their use”
>
> Do you really expect that a new License (regardless it's type) will create
> no more clashes like this ?
>
> Shouldn’t we remove this pretentious headline from our homepage as long as
> we do restrict other users ?
>
> OSM: go to shame ourselves.
>

Yes, to short-cut this can you please go Google "BSD GPL", then go
read the infinite number of talk, legal-talk, legal-general etc
threads on the merits/problems of PD vs Share-Alike before starting
yet another.

And follow ups on this topic (which I'll assume is "OSM should be PD")
to legal-general please.

Thanks,

Dave