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But the second bullet point is: > However, if you have added to or enhanced our data in order to make the map, you must make those additions publicly available

But the second bullet point is: > However, if you have added to or enhanced our data in order to make the map, you must make those additions publicly available without charge So the produced work seems to be only a map, derived entirely from OSM data with no combination of data from other sources, except as a wholly separate layer. And any processing you do on the map has to be made available freely. It's totally unclear to me how you can make a technology business based on the geographical database. For instance, I can't see how you'd read that section and conclude that the bike routing engine mentioned before would be a produced work (the section starts with "If you make a map from OpenStreetMap geodata..."). And if it did the algorithms you used to produce it would have to be openly published and made available to competitors.

matkoniecz 5y ago
> It's totally unclear to me how you can make a technology business based on the geographical database. Routing engine using pure OSM data can be fully proprietary and in case of using additional data it is enough to make that data available. There is no requirement to open processing tools. Google can make GoogleWithoutGoogleData Map app using OSM data and keep it fully proprietary. They could take OSM data for roads and land use and own for shops. Though if they would start merging OSM data and own they would need to publish own data. It would likely apply in case of taking traffic data and using OSM road geometries to process it. warning: I am not a lawyer.