On 23 November 2010 13:04, Ed Avis <e...@waniasset.com> wrote: > > As always, the standard reality check applies: if you believe that maps or the > data they represent are not covered by copyright, please start large-scale > photocopying of some commercial maps, or copying the information from them > into > another format that you then publish. >
Here is some data: <node id="915100779" lat="51.5798222" lon="-0.3341762" version="2" changeset="6058195" user="Walter Schlögl" uid="78656" visible="true" timestamp="2010-10-16T14:40:13Z"> <tag k="name" v="McDonald's"/> <tag k="amenity" v="fast_food"/> <tag k="cuisine" v="burger"/> </node> The position is a fact, name is a fact, cuisine they serve is a fact, along with the other details. Facts cannot be copyright. Creative Commons licences are not designed for factual information. Creativity is used in the above data. Whereas on the rendered map http://tile.osm.org/18/130828/87084.png I would argue that creativity has been used to choose the icon, position the text/icon and create the "halo" around the text/icon, which is all contained in the mapnik stylesheet. Regards Grant _______________________________________________ legal-talk mailing list legal-talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/legal-talk