I have concerns about the amount of effort we seem to be asking open data set creators to make. I think it took me seven years to get the licensing correct to be able to import the local bus stops and very early in the process the head of the transit system said 'but we want you to use our data.'
Cheerio John On Mon, Nov 28, 2022, 2:18 PM Amanda McCann, < amanda.mcc...@osmfoundation.org> wrote: > 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 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 > > -- > A. McCann > Secretary > OpenStreetMap Foundation > > Name & Registered Office: > OpenStreetMap Foundation > St John’s Innovation Centre > Cowley Road > Cambridge > CB4 0WS > United Kingdom > A company limited by guarantee, registered in England and Wales > Registration No. 05912761 > > _______________________________________________ > talk mailing list > talk@openstreetmap.org > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk >
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