Extending the license policy to include ODbL-1.0

[Alexander Potashev]

Thanks!

Could you please update the changelog section
https://community.kde.org/Policies/Licensing_Policy#Changelog ?

On Wed, Sep 22, 2021 at 5:38 PM Volker Krause <vkrause at kde.org> wrote:
>
> Thanks everyone, I've added the suggested change to the wiki now.
>
> Regards,
> Volker
>
> On Mittwoch, 15. September 2021 17:26:57 CEST Volker Krause 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
>


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Alexander Potashev