Thanks! Could you please update the changelog section https://community.kde.org/Policies/Licensing_Policy#Changelog ?
On Wed, Sep 22, 2021 at 5:38 PM Volker Krause <vkra...@kde.org> wrote: > > Thanks everyone, I've added the suggested change to the wiki now. > > Regards, > Volker > > On Mittwoch, 15. September 2021 17:26:57 CEST Volker Krause wrote: > > Hi, > > > > there's a MR [1] for ki18n containing data tables generated from OSM data, > > which implies the ODbL-1.0 license [2]. We also already have other places > > ([3], [4]) actually doing this. > > > > However that's a license not yet covered by our license policy, so I suggest > > we add it. > > > > ODbL is essentially LGPL-y but for data rather than code, so conceptually > > compatible with our existing licensing. > > > > It's also not like there's any viable alternative to OSM data, so not doing > > this would imply not being able to implement features integrating > > OSM-derived data. > > > > The proposed addition to the policy section of https://community.kde.org/ > > Policies/Licensing_Policy would be: > > > > > > # ''Geographic data'', in particular data based on or derived from > > OpenStreetMap may be licensed under the '''[https://spdx.org/licenses/ > > ODbL-1.0.html Open Data Commons Open Database License v1.0]'''. > > > > > > What do you think? > > > > Regards, > > Volker > > > > [1] https://invent.kde.org/frameworks/ki18n/-/merge_requests/19 > > [2] https://spdx.org/licenses/ODbL-1.0.html > > [3] https://invent.kde.org/pim/kitinerary/-/blob/master/src/lib/knowledgedb/ > > timezonedb_data.cpp > > [4] https://invent.kde.org/libraries/kpublictransport/-/blob/master/src/lib/ > > knowledgedb/linemetadata_data.cpp > -- Alexander Potashev