The rise of OpenStreetMap: A quest to conquer Google’s mapping empire

Re:The rise of OpenStreetMap: A quest to conquer Google’s ma... by jervisfm on Saturday March 01, 2014 @11:35AM (#7324844)

Does that "build-upon" clause also apply for the case where a provider is mixing OSM data with other third-party licensed map data ? For example, it is mentioned/known that Apple makes some use of OSM data[1] to improve their maps in some places. Are they then legally obliged to release the full data behind their maps for those regions?

If so, that's very nice but I am not sure that's what is actually happening: the third-party source whom they are licensing data from is unlikely to be happy with a scenario where their data ends up in the public domain as this considerably reduces the commercial value of their map data.

[1] - https://blog.openstreetmap.org/2012/10/02/apple-maps/

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Re:The rise of OpenStreetMap: A quest to conquer Google’s ma... by maxerickson on Saturday March 01, 2014 @11:55AM (#7324970)

What I see people saying is that Apple is using OSM data from earlier in the project, when the license was somewhat different.

But Apple simply cannot force someone else's data into the public domain, if they were mixing the data without permission, they would be violating the licenses and legal action could force them to fix that (but it wouldn't directly change the licensing of any of the data)

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