[OSM-talk] OpenStreetMap License Change Phase 3 Pre-Announcement

[andrzej zaborowski]

Hi,

On 17 April 2011 01:22, Tobias Knerr <osm en tobias-knerr.de> wrote:
> Personally, I don't want to sue anyone. However, I want to unambiguously
> have the right to publish an OSM based map that doesn't provide
> attribution for every single mapper. I also consider improved
> compatibility with other licenses for produced works a welcome benefit.
> And I'm almost certain that the legal and social environment in which we
> operate will change during the next decades, so it would be nice to be
> able to react to them by modifying the terms under which we publish our
> maps; preferably without losing orders of magnitudes more data than we
> might now. Some also think that the shift of share-alike from works onto
> data makes sense, and I think that they have good arguments for that
> position.

It probably makes sense (although both things may be desired
sometimes).  But while the new license might allow new users to take
advantage of OSM it'll also take it away from some existing users
because ODbL is not compatible with CC-By-SA in either direction.  I
know a relatively big project that's currently using OSM data under
CC-By-SA and may be in a nasty surprise when they find OSM is no
longer suitable.

Cheers