Hi, Will this USGS project be worldwide? I have some of my original work from Finland stored as local .osm files and I would like to see them to be in the public domain some day.
-Jukka Rahkonen- Eric Wolf wrote: > Yes. I realized after I sent the email that I meant to say ODbL but then > read more on the wiki about the current license OSM uses: CC-BY-SA. Yet > the > end result is the same. The USGS is funded to produce public domain data. > So > either Congress or the President have to change what the USGS is funded to > do or OSM can only continue take data upstream from our efforts. > > -Eric > > -=--=---=----=----=---=--=-=--=---=----=---=--=-=- > Eric B. Wolf 720-334-7734 > > > > > > On Thu, Jul 29, 2010 at 10:37 AM, 80n <[email protected]> wrote: > >> On Thu, Jul 29, 2010 at 4:18 AM, Eric Wolf <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> The OODB license that OSM uses places requirements on data consumers. >> >> >> Eric, it's really neither accurate nor helpful to refer to OSM as being >> licensed under OODB... ;) >> >> I guess you intended to say ODbL instead of OODB, but even so, neither >> is >> correct. OSM content is licensed under CC-BY-SA. >> >> There is a process in place to move it to ODbL but until that actually >> happens, if it ever does, it is firmly licensed under CC-BY-SA. At the >> current rate of progress it will continue to be licensed under CC-BY-SA >> for >> some time yet. >> >> >> 80n >> >> >>> There are people exploring shifting the USGS license model but that may >>> take an Act of Congress (literally!). >>> >>> Of course, this means all of the data in a USGS fork can be put into >>> OSM. >>> Also, any code changes we make would be offered to the community. >>> >>> -Eric >>> >>> -=--=---=----=----=---=--=-=--=---=----=---=--=-=- >>> Eric B. Wolf 720-334-7734 >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> On Wed, Jul 28, 2010 at 8:17 PM, Paul Johnson >>> <[email protected]>wrote: >>> >>>> On Thu, 22 Jul 2010 10:27:49 -0600, Eric Wolf wrote: >>>> >>>> > An initial project has started at the USGS to explore using the OSM >>>> > stack to facilitate our data integration and, eventually, involve >>>> more >>>> > user generated content (i.e., give a home to The National Map >>>> Corps). >>>> > The project is currently titled the OpenStreetMap Collaborative >>>> > Prototype (OSMCP). It's a really small team (three people, part >>>> time) >>>> > working on this. Initially we are working with a state GIO >>>> (geographic >>>> > information office), loading their data into OSMCP, configuring the >>>> > tools to use our schema and then co-editing the data. It's really >>>> just >>>> a >>>> > "see what temperature the water is" kind of project right now but >>>> will >>>> > be expanding later this year and next. >>>> >>>> Given the sparsity of mappers in the United States, why not directly >>>> contribute to the project, rather than attempting to fork it? The >>>> USGS >>>> could be a bigger asset to OSM than the US Census. >>>> >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> dev mailing list >>>> [email protected] >>>> http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/dev >>>> >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> dev mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/dev >>> >>> >> > _______________________________________________ > dev mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/dev > _______________________________________________ dev mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/dev
