"Additionally, our licenses are currently not compatible with the major software licenses, so it would be difficult to integrate CC-licensed work with other free software. Existing software licenses were designed specifically for use with software and offer a similar set of rights to the Creative Commons licenses." https://creativecommons.org/faq/
> Though I understand if you'd rather avoid using projects by people with weird legal opinions.
The scale of the Protomaps project is small (I'm the only full-time developer) and I don't have the resources to interpret novel copyright situations. I think it's best for the ecosystem to abide by the license terms stated by the open source developer, instead of challenging their validity.
"Additionally, our licenses are currently not compatible with the major software licenses, so it would be difficult to integrate CC-licensed work with other free software. Existing software licenses were designed specifically for use with software and offer a similar set of rights to the Creative Commons licenses." https://creativecommons.org/faq/
> Though I understand if you'd rather avoid using projects by people with weird legal opinions.
The scale of the Protomaps project is small (I'm the only full-time developer) and I don't have the resources to interpret novel copyright situations. I think it's best for the ecosystem to abide by the license terms stated by the open source developer, instead of challenging their validity.