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So once OSM moves to Europe I can clone OSM database without worries just by residing in the UK? Surely this is a problem already with the USA and the rest of

So once OSM moves to Europe I can clone OSM database without worries just by residing in the UK? Surely this is a problem already with the USA and the rest of the world? If this protection is not enforced everywhere in the world, it's quite useless. I just need to setup a foreign company to bypass it. This is probably something that is "solved" with a contract: Eg. "By downloading this database you agree to abide to these rules: don't clone it or we'll sue you for X millions"

habi 5y ago
> So once OSM moves to Europe I can clone OSM database without worries just by residing in the UK? You can already download https://planet.openstreetmap.org/ https://planet.openstreetmap.org/ completely for free. There are certain obligations for usage of the data though, you have to abide to the OpenStreetMap License: https://www.openstreetmap.org/copyright/en https://www.openstreetmap.org/copyright/en