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HI,
I think the OSM code is GPL see the license here
http://trac.openstreetmap.org/browser/LICENSE?rev=18108 not AGPL, and
neither of them are allowed to be included into a LGPLed project, only
LGPL is allowed to be included into AGPL and GPL.

and the header should look like this,
http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.html#SEC4

But the Wikipeida map layers  has moved to SlippyMap.js see this
commit  http://www.mail-archive.com/mediawiki-cvs@.../msg08963.html
//////////////////////////////////////////
OpenStreetMap javascript routines
Copyright (C) 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011 Tom Hughes , Grant Slater
and Christopher Schmidt from the OpenStreetMap team
http://openstreetmap.org/

This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License
as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2
of the License, or (at your option) any later version.

This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
GNU General Public License for more details.

You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA  02110-1301, USA.
//////////////////////////////////////////



On Tue, Apr 26, 2011 at 5:59 PM, David Kobia <david@...> wrote:
>
> Hi Mike,
> Could you possibly forward us the AGPL code block that we should add to the OpenStreetMap.js that we have included? The script at http://www.openstreetmap.org/openlayers/OpenStreetMap.js itself doesn't include the license information which is what we used. I'm wondering too if the licensing information should be included as a separate file or as a link in the code block? Also, I should clarify that LGPL and AGPL are compatible licenses.
> Thanks,
> David Kobia.
>
> On Tuesday, April 26, 2011 at 12:19 AM, Mike Dupont wrote:
>
> Hello,
> Please check the licenses and the copyright headers of the files you are redistributing, some are GPL and should be marked as such.
> thanks,
> mike
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: Mike Dupont <jamesmikedupont@...>
> Date: Sat, Apr 23, 2011 at 6:25 PM
> Subject: OpenStreetMap.js redistribution
> To: "Licensing and other legal discussions." <legal-talk@...>
>
>
> Hi,
> I just found this thread
> http://lists.openstreetmap.org/pipermail/talk/2010-August/052632.html stating the license of the file is AGPL
> here stating it is GPL http://lists.openstreetmap.org/pipermail/talk/2010-August/052633.html
>
> The file is in the osm rails git which is supposedly GPL, but lacking the GNU standard COPYING or copy of the license, and it is lacking any copyright terms in the header.
> which are of course all optional,
> rails/public/openlayers/OpenStreetMap.js
> http://git.openstreetmap.org/rails.git/blob/HEAD:/public/openlayers/OpenStreetMap.js
>
> but here it is being used in an LGPL environment and I wonder if that is Kosher?
> so, thus the GPL code is being redistributed without marking, without warning in an LGPLed project and it is also not clearly marked
> https://github.com/ushahidi/Ushahidi_Web/blob/81041c50a94c1e73e177a7b7a1a9687c2d235f1c/media/js/OpenStreetMap.js
>
> Also in the openlayers example code this is included:
> http://trac.osgeo.org/openlayers/browser/trunk/openlayers/tests/manual/geojson-geomcoll-reprojection.html?rev=9181
> openlayers/tests/manual/geojson-geomcoll-reprojection.html:        <script src="http://www.openstreetmap.org/openlayers/OpenStreetMap.js" type="text/javascript" charset="utf-8"></script>
>
> Now I am not an expert on javascript licensing, does that mean I can include gpled javascript in any webpage that I want without affecting the license or having to declare where I got it?
>
> thanks,
> mike
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> James Michael DuPont
> Member of Free Libre Open Source Software Kosova and Albania flossk.org flossal.org
>
>
>
> --
> James Michael DuPont
> Member of Free Libre Open Source Software Kosova and Albania flossk.org flossal.org
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