[OSM-talk] Partnership between OSM and local government?

[Jukka Rahkonen]

Aun Yngve Johnsen <lists <at> gimnechiske.org> writes:
 
> You mean, how would the city council benefit apart from the fact they  
> are participating in a free, powerful routable map with loads of  
> features? Free worldwide distribution, availability on several types  
> of equipment. Software to make everything from local restaurant  
> guides, to routable maps with custom warnings.
> 
> Besides there are thousands and thousands of volunteers doing the work  
> for them, without getting paid, demanding no more than access to the  
> finished works.

There can be a little problem if municipalities are also selling 
their geodata. For sure municipalities can use dual license for the 
original data but what happens if they want to update their own data 
with OSM user contributions? Would the whole updated dataset become 
share alike as well?