Re: [OSM-legal-talk] Question about the license for the software that uses data derived from OSM's database
Just a quick thank you to Jochen Iván for the great responses to my question :) I am now enlightened. ___ legal-talk mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/legal-talk
[OSM-legal-talk] Question about the license for the software that uses data derived from OSM's database
Hey guys, I've got some questions... Let's say I've taken the OSM data and turned it - using software I've written - into Shapefiles so that I can pass that through another piece of software to create data for my (commercial) application to use. The Shapefiles then inherit the same CC-BY-SA license, but do I have to distribute them and/or make them available? Is it sufficient to inform my customers that they may have the data under that license if they want it? Do I even need to do that? The data at this point is only used within my organisation. What about the data generated (Voronoid cells, junction map) from the Shapefiles which is specifically formatted for the code I've written to take advantage of that data? It's in the SQL Server database that each customer has, so presumably I need to put a note somewhere to say they're free to use it if they want to - but do I have to make it available online somewhere? Presumably the code which reads from the database is exempt because it's not part of the data - and the data, being in a SQL Server database, is not an integral part of the software. (Indeed, the software is perfectly capable of running without that data, or any data at all.) Thanks, - Hugh ___ legal-talk mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/legal-talk
Re: [OSM-legal-talk] Question about the license for the software that uses data derived from OSM's database
El Lunes, 10 de Noviembre de 2008, Hugh Hulme escribió: Let's say I've taken the OSM data and turned it [...] into Shapefiles [...] to create data for my (commercial) application to use. The Shapefiles then inherit the same CC-BY-SA license, but do I have to distribute them and/or make them available? No. Distribution of the shapefiles is up to you. However, **if** you distribute the shapefiles, you have to do so according to the CC-by-sa license. Is it sufficient to inform my customers that they may have the data under that license if they want it? Do I even need to do that? If you are distributing the data to your clients, then the answer is yes. I need to put a note somewhere to say they're free to use it if they want to ... yes ... - but do I have to make it available online somewhere? No. The CC-by-sa license tells you *how* you must redistribute things, **if** you choose to redistribute them. You are not required to forcefully redistribute stuff. The details about how the upcoming ODbL license will stand up against these use case are still not clear. Expect the same general stuff: you should not be forcefully made to publish anything, but if you use data from a ODbL-covered DB, you have to allow access to the derivative DB. Cheers, -- -- Iván Sánchez Ortega [EMAIL PROTECTED] Proudly running Debian Linux with 2.6.26-1-amd64 kernel, KDE 3.5.9, and PHP 5.2.6-5 generating this signature. Uptime: 17:29:59 up 81 days, 6:25, 4 users, load average: 0.38, 0.47, 0.52 signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part. ___ legal-talk mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/legal-talk
