Extending the license policy to include ODbL-1.0

[Alexander Potashev]

Thank you Volker!

On Thu, Sep 23, 2021 at 6:01 PM Volker Krause <vkrause at kde.org> wrote:
>
> done
>
> On Mittwoch, 22. September 2021 23:20:56 CEST Alexander Potashev wrote:
> > 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