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

[Anthony]

On Sun, Apr 17, 2011 at 5:54 PM, Frederik Ramm <frederik at remote.org> wrote:
> Ed,
>
> Ed Avis wrote:
>>
>> Yes, and the fact that if they did try to claim they could copy the OSM
>> map
>> data, then their own maps would equally well be copyable.
>
> No. To get access to (at least TeleAtlas's or Navteq's) data you will have
> to sign an agreement that binds you to much more than just plain copyright.

If the data were public domain, it'd only take a single anonymous
individual to get the data and upload it to Bittorrent, though.