[OSM-legal-talk] update to mailing list description (was use OSM data to select proprietary data)

2019-12-16 Thread Mikel Maron
o/legal-talk to  "The list for discussion of all legal matters relating to Openstreetmap, including licensing and copyright. For official information on the license from the OSM Foundation, see https://wiki.osmfoundation.org/wiki/Licence; * Mikel Maron * +14152835207 @m

Re: [OSM-legal-talk] [HOT] Skybox for Good imagery

2014-11-25 Thread Mikel Maron
service. HOT would need to set up tiles from a downloaded GeoTIFF. Hope that clears things up. Btw, would be good to simply set up a test with one of the SkyBox for good GeoTIFFs, to see how it compares with Bing georeferencing and resolution. BestMikel   * Mikel Maron * +14152835207 @mikel

[OSM-legal-talk] Updated geocoding community guideline proposal

2014-08-03 Thread Mikel Maron
Hello A few days ago I commented But what discussion on legal-talk does not provide is a mechanism for ascertaining a representative community opinion on the spirit of the license; nor a legally qualified opinion on interpretation options; nor a governance mechanism for resolving the proposal

Re: [OSM-legal-talk] Updated geocoding community guideline proposal

2014-07-28 Thread Mikel Maron
this issue. I hope that such can take shape soon, so that the topic of geocoding and other topics can be efficiently and finally resolved.    Sincerely Mikel * Mikel Maron * +14152835207 @mikel s:mikelmaron On Thursday, July 24, 2014 5:04 PM, Alex Barth a...@mapbox.com wrote: On Sat, Jul

Re: [OSM-legal-talk] Updated geocoding community guideline proposal

2014-07-28 Thread Mikel Maron
I would like to add my voice to this discussion. I strongly believe that within the intended spirit of the OSM license, geocoding as defined in this proposal should _not_ trigger share alike. I also believe that the legal interpretation proposed has merit, but if legal advice suggests another

Re: [OSM-legal-talk] Updated geocoding community guideline proposal

2014-07-15 Thread Mikel Maron
?   -Mikel * Mikel Maron * +14152835207 @mikel s:mikelmaron On Thursday, July 10, 2014 10:54 PM, Alex Barth a...@mapbox.com wrote: I just updated the Wiki with a proposed community guideline on geocoding. In a nutshell: geocoding with OSM data yields Produced Work, share alike does not apply

Re: [OSM-legal-talk] [HOT] Imagery license clarification needed

2013-08-29 Thread Mikel Maron
) and I will clear up any confusion. -Mikel * Mikel Maron * +14152835207 @mikel s:mikelmaron From: Stephan Knauss o...@stephans-server.de To: Kate Chapman k...@maploser.com; Licensing and other legal discussions. legal-talk@openstreetmap.org Cc: OSMF License

Re: [OSM-legal-talk] [HOT] Imagery license clarification needed

2013-08-28 Thread Mikel Maron
, and then if all seems ok, do it. Not to say, I wouldn't love to see an active and responsive LWG that could provide guidance and help, but the OSMF just isn't operating at that level. And in this specific case, there's really no issue to be concerned about. -Mikel   * Mikel Maron * +14152835207 @mikel

Re: [OSM-legal-talk] License question, user clicking on map

2013-02-27 Thread Mikel Maron
with geocoding is different. I agree, we need to take a serious look at this, and have it clarified. * Mikel Maron * +14152835207 @mikel s:mikelmaron From: Rob smartt...@gmail.com To: Licensing and other legal discussions. legal-talk@openstreetmap.org Sent

Re: [OSM-legal-talk] [Talk-us] press from SOTM US

2012-10-25 Thread Mikel Maron
using GMaps is property of Google. -Mikel * Mikel Maron * +14152835207 @mikel s:mikelmaron From: Alex Barth a...@mapbox.com To: Licensing and other legal discussions. legal-talk@openstreetmap.org Sent: Thursday, October 25, 2012 11:06 AM Subject: Re: [OSM-legal

Re: [OSM-legal-talk] [Talk-us] press from SOTM US

2012-10-25 Thread Mikel Maron
 geocoding patient data, client data, suppliers data, members data With this kind of sensitive private data, the database would not be redistributed, hence not invoking share-alike.   * Mikel Maron * +14152835207 @mikel s:mikelmaron From: Alex Barth

Re: [OSM-legal-talk] SOTM-US geocoding/share-alike discussion

2012-10-21 Thread Mikel Maron
was at SOTM-US, but didn't talk to Carl or take part in the ODbL-Geocoding BoF. -Mikel   * Mikel Maron * +14152835207 @mikel s:mikelmaron From: Frederik Ramm frede...@remote.org To: Licensing and other legal discussions. legal-talk@openstreetmap.org; talk

Re: [OSM-legal-talk] MoU between OSM and NLSF

2012-07-04 Thread Mikel Maron
of thing in order to release data. Such an agreement would never place additional restrictions on the use of the data, beyond that it should be available to use, and only if mappers choose to do so. -Mikel   * Mikel Maron * +14152835207 @mikel s:mikelmaron From

[OSM-legal-talk] Import from Ushahidi Libya Instance

2011-05-26 Thread Mikel Maron
it's ok, in which case all data could be brought in. The alternative would then be to exempt particular POI from conflation, or simply geocode them again using fully clear sources. Thoughts? Mikel == Mikel Maron == +14152835207 @mikel s:mikelmaron

Re: [OSM-legal-talk] Mapmaker Data for Africa Released

2009-08-21 Thread Mikel Maron
My thoughts on Google MapMaker and OpenStreetMap, from their test release of Kenya in April http://brainoff.com/weblog/2009/04/01/1391 Basically, my reading of this very restrictive license is that it's not only useless for OSM, but for most non-profit uses. -Mikel

Re: [OSM-legal-talk] QA with a lawyer

2009-05-12 Thread Mikel Maron
From: Frederik Ramm frede...@remote.org The answer lies in 4.9 (you may not sublicense the database). We often sloppily say that if you make a derived work you must license it under ODbL, but this is not the way ODbL is intended to work. The idea is that the original licensor (OSMF) is

Re: [OSM-legal-talk] Licensing Working Group report, 2009/01/22

2009-01-22 Thread Mikel Maron
Hi Fredrik Will they be available to process our input after we see the text? Is there any plan for how our feedback will be processed before the public is asked to accept the new license - will it be *our* job to take the lawyers' version and our feedback and make something suitable from