> It would be great to require that only free software could use OSM > maps. I saw other peoples agreement on this when we discussed > someone's 3D viewer for OSM data, and the #1 comment on this mailing > list was "we shouldn't glorify the use of non-free software". > > Proprietary routing software on OSM data was seen as something outside > of this community, not necessarily unacceptable of itself, but > certainly something that needed to be discarded and replaced with a > free alternative.
We have now tool to convert OSM data to garmin format (Mkgmap). The tool is opensource. Garmin can do routing (at least I assume it can, I don't posses any garmin devices or software myself) and is closed source. Would the new license make mkgmap unusable/illegal with odbl'd data? What about distributing maps converted to garmin format (assuming they are still under ODbL). If that would be allowed, then it won't prevent using closed-source SW for routing over OSM data, as anyubody can simply get converted maps and upload them to their garmin device. Martin _______________________________________________ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk
