[OSM-talk] Will OSM tiles be CC-0 soon?

[Martin Koppenhoefer]

2011/10/26 80n <80n80n at gmail.com>:
> On Wed, Oct 26, 2011 at 11:54 AM, Grant Slater <openstreetmap at firefishy.com>
> wrote:
>> No absolute decision has been made, but seems most practical to remain
>> CC-by-SA.
>
> Why wouldn't OSM publish their tiles under the most liberal license they are
> able to?


To get credit. A license with attribution aspects seems more suitable
to augment visibility of the project and in the end also increase the
number of active mappers.

cheers,
Martin