> as long as there are guarantees in there that the open access to that data can't be lost. 1) current dataset can be fully downloaded and is available under a

> as long as there are guarantees in there that the open access to that data can't be lost. 1) current dataset can be fully downloaded and is available under a copyleft license https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Planet.osm https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Planet.osm 2) it would be relatively hard to hijack project https://wiki.osmfoundation.org/wiki/Licence/Contributor_Terms https://wiki.osmfoundation.org/wiki/Licence/Contributor_Term... OSMF agrees that it may only use or sub-license Your Contents as part of a database and only under the terms of one or more of the following licences: ODbL 1.0 for the database and DbCL 1.0 for the individual contents of the database; CC-BY-SA 2.0; or such other free and open licence (for example, http://www.opendefinition.org/okd/ http://www.opendefinition.org/okd/) as may from time to time be chosen by a vote of the OSMF membership and approved by at least a 2/3 majority vote of active contributors.