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praptak ◴[] No.41878392[source]
I am okay with public information being free to use commercially, with a huge disclaimer though.

Wherever copyright is applicable, the public should retain it, that's what public domain is for. Any derived works, commercial or otherwise should also be in the public domain.

If you fight for "public access" so that you can make your own stuff locked behind a copyright, then you are the hypocrite here.

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geokon ◴[] No.41878432[source]
an interesting example where this has been problematic is OpenStreetMap. They can't ingest a lot of government data b/c their project requires a relicense with their attribution-requirement (where all users are forced to have an ugly OSM bumper sticker on their maps)
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1. habi ◴[] No.41879404[source]
> ugly OSM bumper sticker on their maps

Displaying attribution for free worldwide geodata sounds quite good for me.