[Foundation-l] OSM license change

MZMcBride z at mzmcbride.com
Sat Jan 21 23:31:14 UTC 2012


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






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