You may be aware, UN OCHA has been coordinating a Ushahidi instance to map reports from the the Libya Crisis. http://libyacrisismap.net/. OSM is the base map.
They've geocoded about 150 places and POI, and have recruited OSM folks to conflate this list with OpenStreetMap. http://internal.libyacrisismap.net/volunteers/team-geolocation/coordinates-database The issue is that the source for the geocoding is listed, but not always licensed under a license compatible with OSM. Even if locations were derived from non-compatible license sources, my thinking has been that this is "non-substantial and non-systematic", and therefore might be permissible to import. Data is only collected based on select needs to geocode reports. The numbers are just over 150. According to the Substantial Guideline of the ODbL, an extract from OSM like this would not trigger the viral terms of the license. http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Open_Data_License/Substantial_-_Guideline Question is then twofold. One, we haven't yet adopted the ODbL, so how much could a guideline apply. And two, how does the concept of non-substantial apply to importing data? I think there's a good chance it's ok, in which case all data could be brought in. The alternative would then be to exempt particular POI from conflation, or simply geocode them again using fully clear sources. Thoughts? Mikel == Mikel Maron == +14152835207 @mikel s:mikelmaron
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