Extending the license policy to include ODbL-1.0

[Harald Sitter]

+1

On Wed, Sep 15, 2021 at 5:27 PM Volker Krause <vkrause at 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