On Wed, Apr 27, 2011 at 1:55 PM, Andrew Harvey <[email protected]>wrote:
> On Wed, Apr 27, 2011 at 12:17 AM, Grant Slater > <[email protected]> wrote: > > The LWG is well aware of the NearMap licensing issue and we are trying > > to get it resolved as soon as we can but we are an all volunteer team > > with day jobs. The Contributor Terms v1.2.4 reduces the project's > > freedoms in an attempt to appease NearMap. NearMap Pty Ltd is a > > company owned by Ipernica. NearMap is an awesome company for allowing > > us to use their aerial imagery. > > As others in this thread have mentioned, the "NearMap licensing issue" > is just a specific case of the compatibility of CC-BY data and > CC-BY-SA data with the proposed CTs and ODBL. Given the massive amount > of data already licensed under CC, I think it would be better to work > out an umbrella solution that allows a future OSMF OSM database to > continue using CC data without needing more licenses from the huge > number of copyright holders of the CC BY / SA data already in the OSM > database. > > What is the status of using CC-BY-SA in the future? Will other people be able to import my data that I will continue to publish under the old license? BTW, i wanted to say that I found a tilehost now and many of parts are in place for a distributed OSM without a central server. http://osmopenlayers.blogspot.com/2011/04/dream-come-true-tile-hosting-on.html mike
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