+1
On Wed, Sep 15, 2021 at 5:27 PM Volker Krause <vkra...@kde.org> wrote: > > Hi, > > there's a MR [1] for ki18n containing data tables generated from OSM data, > which implies the ODbL-1.0 license [2]. We also already have other places > ([3], [4]) actually doing this. > > However that's a license not yet covered by our license policy, so I suggest > we add it. > > ODbL is essentially LGPL-y but for data rather than code, so conceptually > compatible with our existing licensing. > > It's also not like there's any viable alternative to OSM data, so not doing > this would imply not being able to implement features integrating OSM-derived > data. > > The proposed addition to the policy section of https://community.kde.org/ > Policies/Licensing_Policy would be: > > > # ''Geographic data'', in particular data based on or derived from > OpenStreetMap may be licensed under the '''[https://spdx.org/licenses/ > ODbL-1.0.html Open Data Commons Open Database License v1.0]'''. > > > What do you think? > > Regards, > Volker > > [1] https://invent.kde.org/frameworks/ki18n/-/merge_requests/19 > [2] https://spdx.org/licenses/ODbL-1.0.html > [3] https://invent.kde.org/pim/kitinerary/-/blob/master/src/lib/knowledgedb/ > timezonedb_data.cpp > [4] https://invent.kde.org/libraries/kpublictransport/-/blob/master/src/lib/ > knowledgedb/linemetadata_data.cpp
