Joel, please stop trolling. Richard gave you a clear answer, much more polite than I would ever be, pointing out:
a) it really depends on the particulars of your point (2) b) this is the completely wrong place for such a discussion Simon Am 20.10.2014 04:09, schrieb Joel ...: > Understood. My use case is prohibited. Remove the deception on the > wiki.openstreetmap.com front page. It does not help the business > because businesses succeed by way of customer service, respecting > others, showing diginty, respect and morals. To refresh your memory, the > first few lines of the page reads: > > "*Welcome to OpenStreetMap*, the project that creates and > distributes free <http://www.openstreetmap.org/copyright> geographic > data for the world. We started it because most maps you think of as free > actually have legal or technical restrictions on their use, holding back > people from using them in creative, productive, or unexpected ways." > > > >> Date: Sun, 19 Oct 2014 21:35:58 -0400 >> Subject: Re: [OSM-dev] Looking for OSM Licensing Clarification >> From: [email protected] >> To: [email protected] >> CC: [email protected] >> >> The OpenStreetMap license ODbL is what is known as a Share Alike >> license. In that class of licenses, one is granted more permissions >> when one shares and shares alike. If, on the other hand, one wishes >> to keep things for ones exclusive benefit, ones permissions are more >> limited, perhaps even to a null set. >> >> Again, in very broad terms, one has more freedom if one uses the >> OpenStreetMap data without changing it. Combining OpenStreetMap data >> with other non-OpenStreetMap data sets, is an area where the >> obligations to share are deliberately strong. >> >> The details matter in this subject area, and it is a benefit for you >> to understand your obligations from the start. Please consider giving >> more details and holding further discussion on the legal-talk@ mailing >> list[1], which is the ideal location for this topic. >> >> [1] https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/legal-talk > > > _______________________________________________ > dev mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/dev >
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