[OSM-talk] Is it technically and legally possible to add the Open Location Code to the OSM search?

[Simon Poole]

Am 10.08.2018 um 22:18 schrieb Oleksiy Muzalyev:
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> The OLC is Open Source with the Apache 2.0 license. I have a doubt
> though, - cannot Google in couple of years say: "We change the license
> and not one has to pay for the OLC usage?" I am not a lawyer and I do
> not know such subtleties.
>
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That is not the point, for the goog it is a net win simply avoiding
systems being adopted for which they potentially would have to pay
royalties for. They don't actually need to charge for their system to
have a win. I'm not making a moral judgement here, improving your bottom
line one way or the other, is exactly the same.

Simon


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