[Foundation-l] OSM license change

[Strainu]

2012/1/22 MZMcBride <z at 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_affect_Wikipedia_and_other_projects_that_want_to_use_our_maps.3F

Strainu