And it's finally over! New license live in the copyright page: http://www.openstreetmap.org/copyright
On Wed, Sep 12, 2012 at 12:22 AM, Eugene Alvin Villar <sea...@gmail.com> wrote: > ODbL-licensed OSM data will arrive Real Soon Now. > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Richard Weait <rich...@weait.com> > Date: Wed, Sep 12, 2012 at 12:16 AM > Subject: [OSM-talk] Change to ODbL imminent > To: t...@openstreetmap.org > > > As just posted to blog.osmfoundation.org > > Hello OpenStreetMap-pers, > > The change to ODbL is imminent. No, Really. We mean it. > > At long last we are at the end of the license change process. After > four years of consultation, debate, revision, improvement, revision, > debate, improvement, implementation, coding and mapping, mapping, > mapping, it comes down to this final step. And this final step is an > easy one, because we have all pitched in to do the hard work in > advance. The last step is so easy, it will be a picnic. > > On Wednesday, 12 September 2012[1], generation of the next Planet file > will begin. At that point, the API will switch over to ODbL and > OpenStreetMap will be an ODbL-licensed Open Data project. API > transactions and diffs consumed after that point will consist of > ODbL-licensed OpenStreetMap data. > > About thirty hours later, that newly-generated planet file will be > available from <a > href="http://planet.openstreetmap.org/";>planet.openstreetmap.org</a> > for you to consume with your renderers, routers, QA systems, > convertors and re-imaginers. > > You won't want to mix ODbL diffs with old license planets or diffs. > Purge and reload your systems with the ODbL planet. Then consume the > ODbL diffs. Planet will have a new directory structure. We're taking > this opportunity to rationalize the layout of planet directories a > bit. You should find it easier to get understand afterwards. This > also means that you won't accidentally mix data of different licenses. > > Mappers > > Mappers shouldn't see a difference and won't have to change their > mapping. Continue to improve OpenStreetMap by mapping from your own > survey observations and using OSM-approved external sources. Never > copy from other maps. > > Data consumers > > If you consume <a > href="http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/ODbL/License_Transition/Guidance_To_Data_Consumers";>OpenStreetMap > data and publish it, we have some guidance for you on the wiki</a>. > You'll want to consider your obligations under the new license and > then proceed to purge your old data and switch to the new. Many > consumers, such as custom renderers, will only need to update their > attribution of OpenStreetMap to the new simplified attribution. > > Data consumers may time their upgrades to the new planet and diffs at > their convenience. > > Best regards and happy mapping, > The Communication Working Group > > [1] in case of rain, we won't cancel this picnic, just reschedule it > for the subsequent Wednesday, 19 September 2012. > > _______________________________________________ > talk-ph mailing list > talk-ph@openstreetmap.org > http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-ph -- cheers, maning ------------------------------------------------------ "Freedom is still the most radical idea of all" -N.Branden wiki: http://esambale.wikispaces.com/ blog: http://epsg4253.wordpress.com/ ------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ talk-ph mailing list talk-ph@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-ph
