[mkgmap-dev] [PATCH v1] Change license text to ODbL

Thu Jan 10 19:26:43 GMT 2013

Hi all,

any comments? If not I will commit that in one hour :-)

WanMil

> Hi,
>
> attached patch changes the default license text to ODbL. Anyhow I am not
> sure if the text is correct. The new license text would be:
>
>     Map data (c) OpenStreetMap and contributors
>     http://www.openstreetmap.org/
>
>     This map data is made available under the Open Database License:
>     http://opendatacommons.org/licenses/odbl/1.0/.
>     Any rights in individual contents of the database are licensed
>     under the Database Contents License:
>     http://opendatacommons.org/licenses/dbcl/1.0/
>
>
> Comments are welcome.
>
> WanMil
>
>> Hi everybody,
>>
>> I noticed that with every img I create there is a *_license.txt file
>> generated that reads:
>>
>>      Map data (c) OpenStreetMap and contributors
>>      http://www.openstreetmap.org/
>>
>>      Map data licenced under Creative Commons Attribution ShareAlike 2.0
>>      See http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/
>>
>>      Map created with mkgmap-r2426
>>
>> You know since quite some time the OSM Data is no longer licensed under
>> Creative Commons Attribution ShareAlike 2.0, but there was a switch to
>> Open Data Commons Open Database Lizenz
>> <http://opendatacommons.org/licenses/odbl/> (ODbL)
>> http://opendatacommons.org/licenses/odbl/
>>
>> Ciao,
>>    Franco
>
>