Hi,
Peter Körner wrote:
Once OSM goes ODbL, I'd expect that Mapquest will stop licensing their
tiles under a free license.
They distribute it now for free? Why?
They are forced to by the CC-BY-SA License.
CC-BY-SA would still allow them to restrict access to the site, e.g.
force users to log in or use an API key, which to my knowledge they
don't. CC-BY-SA would still allow them to put up a site policy that says
(for example) "private use only" or so, which to my knowledge they
don't. Also, CC-BY-SA does not force them to openly publish their map
styles, yet they do.
I don't share Anthony's fear that they will close down everything after
the license change; I don't see any signs pointing in that direction.
Bye
Frederik
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