[OSM-talk] Waze using OSM Data

[Anthony]

On Wed, Sep 1, 2010 at 6:44 AM, John Smith <deltafoxtrot256 at gmail.com> wrote:
> I'm curious as to what specifically is stopping them with the current
> license, because the current license hasn't stopped MS or MapQuest
> from using OSM's data...

It's that pesky ShareAlike part, I'm sure.  "When looking at the OSM
licensing terms, we felt that they might limit us from certain
business models in the future, and, therefore, we decided to use TIGER
maps." (http://www.waze.com/faq/)

I guess the ODbL and its ShareAlikeSorta works better with their business model.