On Wed, Sep 1, 2010 at 6:44 AM, John Smith <deltafoxtrot...@gmail.com> wrote: > I'm curious as to what specifically is stopping them with the current > license, because the current license hasn't stopped MS or MapQuest > from using OSM's data...
It's that pesky ShareAlike part, I'm sure. "When looking at the OSM licensing terms, we felt that they might limit us from certain business models in the future, and, therefore, we decided to use TIGER maps." (http://www.waze.com/faq/) I guess the ODbL and its ShareAlikeSorta works better with their business model. _______________________________________________ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk
