I think this is actually much more positive than you think:

https://wiki.osmfoundation.org/wiki/CDLA_permissive_compatibility

CDLA Permissive 2 seems very open, and OSM seems to agree.

../Dave
On Dec 15, 2022 at 2:59 PM -0500, Stewart Russell via talk <[email protected]>, 
wrote:
> On Thu, Dec 15, 2022 at 12:28 PM Evan Leibovitch via talk <[email protected]> 
> wrote:
> > > From the FAQ:
> > >
> > > > Data contributed to ODbL licensed datasets will be contributed under 
> > > > both the ODbL and CDLA permissive v2. Contributions to CDLA permissive 
> > > > v2 datasets will be contributed under the CDLA permissive v2.
> > >
> > > I don't know these licenses. Are they open enough such this project's 
> > > data can be used by OSM?
>
> ODbL is the licence used by OSM. Its background is more from European 
> database copyright than open source. It's a share-alike licence with required 
> attribution. CDLA I'd never heard of, but it seems like a "let's make the MIT 
> license, but for data". Many VC-funded startups balk at the share-alike and 
> attribution requirements of OSM, because they just want the free data and 
> earn money from contributors' work.
>
> This looks like Overture can consume OSM data, but OSM can't use Overture's 
> data easily. What a surprise.
>
>  Stewart
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