Re: [OSM-legal-talk] Political Change

2008-05-11 Thread Jeffrey Martin
I agree with the judgment. You can't make a derivative work without permission. OSM and other open source projects give people permission to create derivative works provided they follow the license rules. If they could make derivative works without permission then there would be no way to require

Re: [OSM-legal-talk] Political Change

2008-05-11 Thread Jeffrey Martin
I just read through http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/cases/cth/FCAFC/2008/71.html In 128 the appellate court is saying that they did not copy facts, but instead they copied the guide created by Nine, because the aggregatators had pretty much copied the guide created by nine. In 123 Ice is saying

Re: [OSM-legal-talk] Political Change

2008-05-11 Thread Liz
On Sun, 11 May 2008, Jeffrey Martin wrote: I just read through http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/cases/cth/FCAFC/2008/71.html In 128 the appellate court is saying that they did not copy facts, but instead they copied the guide created by Nine, because the aggregatators had pretty much copied the

Re: [OSM-legal-talk] Political Change

2008-05-11 Thread Gervase Markham
Jeffrey Martin wrote: Some lists want me to answer on the top and some on the bottom. Is this a bottom answer email list? Most email lists will accept the style where you answer below the thing you are commenting on, but trim it well so people don't have to page past loads of verbiage to get