Extending the license policy to include ODbL-1.0

[Volker Krause]

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
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