Show HN: Free database of geographic place names and geospatial data

Re:Show HN: Free database of geographic place names and geos... by legulere on Friday September 25, 2015 @06:18AM (#10277243)

Apache seems a strange license for data. Why not CC-0 like for instance wikidata?

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Re:Show HN: Free database of geographic place names and geos... by marco1 on Friday September 25, 2015 @06:32PM (#10281121)

Thank you!

We know that Apache, MIT, etc. are usually for code and the Creative Commons licenses are for content (e.g. writing, images).

We thought that the data sets (CSV, JSON, SQL) are rather in the intersection of code and content, so the Apache license would be okay.

Is there anything specifically wrong with the Apache license for this type of project? We couldn't find any tangible downsides but we'd love to hear about any pros and cons.

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Re:Show HN: Free database of geographic place names and geos... by pki on Friday September 25, 2015 @09:47PM (#10281775)

data sets are simply that - data - content

your code would be the scripts you write to process it, and your content would be your data in my opinion

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