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

[Grant Slater]

On 18 April 2011 05:05, Russ Nelson <nelson at crynwr.com> wrote:
> Frederik Ramm writes:
>  > 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.
>
> Did you sign an agreement to use your personal navigation device?
> Almost certainly not. So what's to stop you from reverse-engineering
> the data files, and publishing them?
>
> Copyright.

DRM.
eg: Tomtom's data format is encrypted and copies require unlock codes.

And before you ask ODBL, has a parallel distribution clause 4.7.b
source: http://www.opendatacommons.org/licenses/odbl/1-0/

/ Grant