This is a wired one. I am a software engineer, but I believe in Free Software mission. I contribute to copy left software and data, but I also contribute to permissive software and data.

I think I like copy left, not because I like to own copyright, but because I believe nobody should own data or code. Copy left is just a tool to get there.

If Overture negotiates datasets to be released under Open licenses, it is objectively good for the world. If the worlds geo data ends up under a “permissive” license, not a “copy left” license, it’s subjectively bad for the world.

OSM has has won as the base map. But Overture is abstracting us away, for a future where there is permissive data of the worlds road network. We are a last resort source for Overture. Overture hates the “copy left”.

Christopher, can you or else anyone involved with Overture say honestly: if there is a permissive source, Overture will continue to use OSM?