Am 28.11.2022 um 20:11 schrieb Amanda McCann:
Hello fellow OSMers.As you are no doubt aware, OSM requires that data imports be listed on the OSM Wiki ( https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Import/Catalogue ), including if the source is “ODbL OK status”. At the Nov. 2022 OSMF Board meeting (25 Nov), the Board voted that imports should, from now on, list whether the data source is compatibly (or incompatible) with the OSM Contributor Terms¹.
The board has obviously been reading too much Greek mythology (or maybe Batman) and has taken to speaking in riddles :-)
What is "OSM Contributor Terms compatibility" supposed to be? Sub-licenseable? Neither the ODbL nor any CC licence with exception of a CC0 waiver allow this. Compatible with the licence change provisions? As an absolute that is going to be very difficult as the only requirement is for a new licence to be "open". It would definitely exclude all share-alike licences including naturally the ODbL except if the target licence is compatible with the original licence. Has the LWG been asked for an opinion, list of compatible/incompatible licences? That's just what immediately comes to mind.
A further note "As you are no doubt aware, OSM requires that data imports be listed on the OSM Wiki" has never been a formal OSMF policy. Yes it would have always made sense to have stricter controls on imports in particular not only licence compatibility but proper documentation including contacts. But that was politically always untenable and that particular horse has long bolted.
Simon
The Board has also budgeted to commission a template that OSMers can use to request that data sources release their data under those terms. That will obv. follow later. However given that OSM is mostly volunteer run, I don't know if/when that will be ready for you. The minutes of the meeting have not yet been written, nor accepted, but when they are (in about a month), you will find the specifics here): https://wiki.osmfoundation.org/wiki/Board/Minutes/2022-11 ¹ https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Open_Database_License/Contributor_Terms
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