Extending the license policy to include ODbL-1.0

[Shlomi Fish]

On Wed, 15 Sep 2021 17:26:57 +0200
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?
> 

+1 from me as well, FWIW.

> 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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