Hi, I'd like to use mapquest's open geocoding api in a webapp i'm developing. Mapquest's open api uses OSM data as the source. My question is this:
Let's say i'm developing a website which allows users to create blogs (or something) and associate them with a location. I would like to use the mapquest open geocoding api to do geocoding of the address information, to support location based searches and plotting of those blogs on a map. But seeing as this api is based openstreetmap data i'm a little confused as to the license implications. http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Legal_FAQ#3b._If_I_have_data_derived_from_OSM_data.2C_do_I_have_to_distribute_it.3F This FAQ would seem to suggest that if i were to use mapquest's osm-based api to build my webapp, i would need to make my website's db publicly available under the Open Database License. My website's db would technically be considered a "Derivative Database". Is this correct? Thanks, -Jordan
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