Hi,
Has anyone made an analysis on what the license change would mean to Wikipedia? Looking at the ODbL FAQ on the OSM website, it seems that using maps would not be affected. But what about using data from OSM in our articles? Also, my unterstanding is that reverse import of data (that is from Wikipedia to OSM) will be impossible after the change, right?
Thanks, Strainu
Strainu wrote:
Has anyone made an analysis on what the license change would mean to Wikipedia? Looking at the ODbL FAQ on the OSM website, it seems that using maps would not be affected. But what about using data from OSM in our articles? Also, my unterstanding is that reverse import of data (that is from Wikipedia to OSM) will be impossible after the change, right?
You really ought to include links or at least spell out what you're talking about in (opening) posts. "ODbL FAQ on the OSM website" kind of made my head spin, and I knew two of the three.
MZMcBride
2012/1/22 MZMcBride z@mzmcbride.com:
Strainu wrote:
Has anyone made an analysis on what the license change would mean to Wikipedia? Looking at the ODbL FAQ on the OSM website, it seems that using maps would not be affected. But what about using data from OSM in our articles? Also, my unterstanding is that reverse import of data (that is from Wikipedia to OSM) will be impossible after the change, right?
You really ought to include links or at least spell out what you're talking about in (opening) posts. "ODbL FAQ on the OSM website" kind of made my head spin, and I knew two of the three.
Sorry about that. :)
I'm assuming the 3rd one is ODbL: Open database license, the new OpenStreetMap license. The link to the FAQ is: https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Open_Data_License_FAQ#How_does_this_affe...
Strainu
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