Re: [OSM-legal-talk] Feedback requested ... OSM Poland data

2012-03-10 Thread LM_1
Verfication would be a process of comparing my own data (lets's call them A) with osm, likely using some automated precess, that would output a set of locations or areas where the maps differ more than a given threshold (dataset B). Legally you now have three datasets A, OSM and a derivative work

Re: [OSM-legal-talk] Feedback requested ... OSM Poland data

2012-03-09 Thread Erik Johansson
On Fri, Mar 9, 2012 at 05:43, Kai Krueger kakrue...@gmail.com wrote: jaakkoh wrote Umh. Of course other (as in any) maps can be used for _some_ level of verification (such as: oh, there seems to b a rd here! I should go out and survey that!) -- Or should I rather say navigation to help in

Re: [OSM-legal-talk] Feedback requested ... OSM Poland data

2012-03-09 Thread Ian Sergeant
If we need a change to the licence wording to allow Poland to keep their data, lets put a few words a the end of the licence to allow Poland to do just that, and put it to vote as required in the contributor terms. Didn't we adopt the contributor terms just so we have just this flexibility? I

Re: [OSM-legal-talk] Feedback requested ... OSM Poland data

2012-03-09 Thread Ed Avis
Kai Krueger kakrueger@... writes: We are using CC-BY-SA data to verify where we need to re-survey to create an ODbL database. There are even a whole bunch of great tools that make this as easy and systematic as possible. So I presume that form of verification is legal and is not covered by the

Re: [OSM-legal-talk] Feedback requested ... OSM Poland data

2012-03-09 Thread Nick Whitelegg
Subject: Re: [OSM-legal-talk] Feedback requested ... OSM Poland data That's a big presumption.  I would have expected that remapping would be done as a strictly 'clean room' operation, without looking at the existing CC-BY-SA data at all, but that doesn't seem to be happening. Isn't not looking

Re: [OSM-legal-talk] Feedback requested ... OSM Poland data

2012-03-09 Thread LM_1
Why not make this rule general (outside Poland) any data published under free and open licence (whatever it is) can be verified by OSM data. This brings no risk, that anyony big and evil (whatever that is) will use it to overrun OSM... LM_1 2012/3/9 Ian Sergeant inas66+...@gmail.com: Indeed.

Re: [OSM-legal-talk] Feedback requested ... OSM Poland data

2012-03-08 Thread Ed Avis
Richard Fairhurst richard@... writes: If we were to say we don't think verifying data creates a derived work, would the great mass of OSM mappers be content to see Google (for example) use our effort to determine where new streets are; send the StreetView cars/satellites out; and have the new

Re: [OSM-legal-talk] Feedback requested ... OSM Poland data

2012-03-08 Thread Jaakko Helleranta.com
@openstreetmap.org Reply-To: Licensing and other legal discussions. legal-talk@openstreetmap.org Subject: Re: [OSM-legal-talk] Feedback requested ... OSM Poland data Richard Fairhurst richard@... writes: If we were to say we don't think verifying data creates a derived work, would the great mass

Re: [OSM-legal-talk] Feedback requested ... OSM Poland data

2012-03-08 Thread Kai Krueger
jaakkoh wrote Umh. Of course other (as in any) maps can be used for _some_ level of verification (such as: oh, there seems to b a rd here! I should go out and survey that!) -- Or should I rather say navigation to help in one's own surveying. Furthermore, we are currently doing that on a

Re: [OSM-legal-talk] Feedback requested ... OSM Poland data

2012-03-07 Thread Martin Koppenhoefer
Am 6. März 2012 17:52 schrieb Frederik Ramm frede...@remote.org: On 03/06/2012 02:36 PM, Frederik Ramm wrote: Personally, I don't think that *verifying* their data against OSM data (in the sense of flagging potential problems, as long as they don't copy our data outright) would be a valid use

Re: [OSM-legal-talk] Feedback requested ... OSM Poland data

2012-03-07 Thread Erik Johansson
On Tue, Mar 6, 2012 at 10:55, Michael Collinson m...@ayeltd.biz wrote: - as an OSM community member, are you happy for the OSMF to make such a statement? I think OSMF should give UMP concession to use OSM data in their maps of Poland with their current license, like this: The OSMF acknowledges

Re: [OSM-legal-talk] Feedback requested ... OSM Poland data

2012-03-06 Thread Ed Avis
Legally there's no downside for granting extra permissions. They are additive on top of whatever licence is used and don't damage anyone else's use of the data. However, it is not in the spirit of the community terms for OSMF to grant exemptions or extra permissions - particularly not if they

Re: [OSM-legal-talk] Feedback requested ... OSM Poland data

2012-03-06 Thread Frederik Ramm
Hi, On 03/06/12 10:55, Michael Collinson wrote: The OSMF acknowledges the kind help of UMP project and its members in creating the OSM map of Poland. The OSMF acknowledges that the UMP project is similar in spirit; providing geodata that is free and open. Provided that UMP continues to publish

Re: [OSM-legal-talk] Feedback requested ... OSM Poland data

2012-03-06 Thread Ed Avis
Is there a way to provide what UMP want by making a Produced Work (which could be public domain or CC) rather than a Derived Database? -- Ed Avis e...@waniasset.com ___ legal-talk mailing list legal-talk@openstreetmap.org

Re: [OSM-legal-talk] Feedback requested ... OSM Poland data

2012-03-06 Thread Richard Fairhurst
Michael Collinson wrote: - as an OSM community member, are you happy for the OSMF to make such a statement? - is it true? - can you see any negative consequences? I'm with Ed and Frederik on this one, I'm afraid - I don't see any way in which we can afford additional permissions on a one-off

Re: [OSM-legal-talk] feedback requested

2011-12-27 Thread Frederik Ramm
Hi, On 12/27/11 14:53, andrzej zaborowski wrote: * treat any tags contributed by a non-agreeing mapper as harmless if these tags are not present any more in the current version Did you manage to address your example of a user fixing a typo in the tag name (individually or for a large number

Re: [OSM-legal-talk] feedback requested

2011-12-27 Thread Robert Whittaker (OSM)
On 24 December 2011 19:32, Frederik Ramm frede...@remote.org wrote: I have prepared changes to the OSMI map that allow me to * treat any tags contributed by a non-agreeing mapper as harmless if  these tags are not present any more in the current version Are you sure that this is a good idea?

Re: [OSM-legal-talk] feedback requested

2011-12-27 Thread Frederik Ramm
Robert, when I wrote that I * treat any tags contributed by a non-agreeing mapper as harmless if these tags are not present any more in the current version I did indeed mean that the edit is harmless if the *key* is not present any more. This will still result in some harmless edits

Re: [OSM-legal-talk] feedback requested

2011-12-27 Thread Richard Weait
On Tue, Dec 27, 2011 at 2:31 PM, Frederik Ramm frede...@remote.org wrote: Yes. I have no strong feelings either way; your argument is correct. However the question must be asked in how far you can claim copyright for facts that others have to extract from your prose. In my personal opinion, if

Re: [OSM-legal-talk] feedback requested

2011-12-27 Thread Frederik Ramm
Hi, On 12/27/2011 09:08 PM, Richard Weait wrote: So if mapper adds nmae=Fred's Bistro, then decliner corrects to name=Fred's Bistro, do your current rules consider that node tainted? Yes, if a name tag is still present in the current version of the object then it is assumed to be dervied

Re: [OSM-legal-talk] feedback requested

2011-12-27 Thread andrzej zaborowski
On 27 December 2011 15:31, Frederik Ramm frede...@remote.org wrote: On 12/27/11 14:53, andrzej zaborowski wrote: * treat any tags contributed by a non-agreeing mapper as harmless if  these tags are not present any more in the current version Did you manage to address your example of a user

Re: [OSM-legal-talk] feedback requested

2011-12-26 Thread Frederik Ramm
Hi, On Sat, 24 Dec 2011 20:32:35 +0100 Frederik Ramm frede...@remote.org wrote: I have prepared changes to the OSMI map that allow me to ... Activated now notified talk and talk-de lists, on both the WTFE view and on the database accessed by plugins/license views in editors. Bye Frederik

Re: [OSM-legal-talk] feedback requested

2011-12-25 Thread Dermot McNally
On 24 December 2011 23:03, Frederik Ramm frede...@remote.org wrote: Dermot McNally derm...@gmail.com wrote: Another mapper walks by, notices that the place is a pizzeria and adds back an identical tag. Are we clean or dirty now? Dirty, because the very same situation could arise with a

Re: [OSM-legal-talk] feedback requested

2011-12-25 Thread Frederik Ramm
Hi, On Sun, 25 Dec 2011 13:48:24 + Dermot McNally derm...@gmail.com wrote: 1. Agreeing mapper maps the restaurant and names it 2. Non-agreeing mapper adds the cuisine tag 3. Agreeing mapper removes the cuisine tag and sets odbl=clean. He or she does not have enough information to assert

Re: [OSM-legal-talk] feedback requested

2011-12-25 Thread Dermot McNally
On 25 December 2011 21:05, Frederik Ramm frede...@remote.org wrote: On Sun, 25 Dec 2011 13:48:24 + 4. Well-meaning new (therefore agreeing) mapper sees the node, notices the cuisine tag in the history and reapplies it without having personal knowledge to back this up. odbl=clean is still

Re: [OSM-legal-talk] feedback requested

2011-12-24 Thread Frederik Ramm
Hi, On Tue, 20 Dec 2011 15:27:19 -0500 Richard Weait rich...@weait.com wrote: - can node positions be cleaned by moving to a new position? I have prepared changes to the OSMI map that allow me to * treat untagged nodes as clean if moved by an agreeing mapper * treat any tags contributed by a

Re: [OSM-legal-talk] feedback requested

2011-12-24 Thread Dermot McNally
On 24 December 2011 19:32, Frederik Ramm frede...@remote.org wrote: I have prepared changes to the OSMI map that allow me to * treat untagged nodes as clean if moved by an agreeing mapper Nice * treat any tags contributed by a non-agreeing mapper as harmless if  these tags are not present

Re: [OSM-legal-talk] feedback requested

2011-12-24 Thread Frederik Ramm
Hi, On Sat, 24 Dec 2011 21:32:21 + Dermot McNally derm...@gmail.com wrote: 1. This would, I suppose, mean that a formerly tainted node which has both been moved and stripped of any tainted tags would also be considered clean. Is this so Yes. 2. Consider the case of a node that is mapped

Re: [OSM-legal-talk] feedback requested

2011-12-22 Thread Ed Avis
mike@... writes: Any chance of you changing your decline now, that is the easiest way of decreasing deletions? I am still hopeful of finding a way forward that will mean the OSM data can continue to be distributed under a licence that I would consider free and open. Although Creative Commons or

Re: [OSM-legal-talk] feedback requested

2011-12-21 Thread ce-test, qualified testing bv - Gert Gremmen
: Richard Weait [mailto:rich...@weait.com] Verzonden: Wednesday, December 21, 2011 2:44 AM Aan: Licensing and other legal discussions. Onderwerp: Re: [OSM-legal-talk] feedback requested On Tue, Dec 20, 2011 at 4:39 PM, Jean-Marc Liotier j...@liotier.org wrote: On 12/20/2011 10:11 PM, Apollinaris Schoell

Re: [OSM-legal-talk] feedback requested

2011-12-21 Thread andrzej zaborowski
On 20 December 2011 21:27, Richard Weait rich...@weait.com wrote: Dear All, LWG would like feedback on a couple of items relating to cleaning tainted data as we all prepare for the data base transition. Draft minutes are here.

Re: [OSM-legal-talk] feedback requested

2011-12-21 Thread Ed Avis
I think the test must be the same as for any other data which OSMF does not have permission to use. If a mapper added a node by copying from Google Maps, but then another mapper moved it to a different position using a permitted data source, is it okay to keep that node in the database? -- Ed

Re: [OSM-legal-talk] feedback requested

2011-12-21 Thread Martin Koppenhoefer
2011/12/21 ce-test, qualified testing bv - Gert Gremmen g.grem...@cetest.nl: I think it's relevant that node changes as suggested should involve stand alone nodes only (such as POI). Once they are part of a structure of say a building or a road, water or any area, the nodes should be

Re: [OSM-legal-talk] feedback requested

2011-12-21 Thread Ed Avis
A common way to adjust a node position is to move it halfway between the old one and the new one. For example, if there is already a way on the map traced from GPS but you have a new GPS trace for it which is a bit different, it would be unwise to adjust it to exactly fit your new trace. But you

Re: [OSM-legal-talk] feedback requested

2011-12-21 Thread Ed Avis
Richard Weait richard@... writes: We consider that the creation of an object and its id to be a system action  rather than individual creative contribution. However, 'the creation of an object and its id' never occurs by itself. At a minimum, you create an object with id and lat/lon, and that

Re: [OSM-legal-talk] feedback requested

2011-12-21 Thread Simon Poole
Please don't confuse the matter by treating tagged and untagged notes the same. If somebody is improving the geometry of a way because he is interpolating from the available information (may that be GPS traces of other ways) then he is doing exactly that, just because he is reusing an

Re: [OSM-legal-talk] feedback requested

2011-12-21 Thread Ed Avis
Simon Poole simon@... writes: If somebody is improving the geometry of a way because he is interpolating from the available information (may that be GPS traces of other ways) then he is doing exactly that, That is exactly it: improving the geometry of a way. Not replacing it. If you take an

Re: [OSM-legal-talk] feedback requested

2011-12-21 Thread andrzej zaborowski
On 21 December 2011 12:43, Ed Avis e...@waniasset.com wrote: andrzej zaborowski balrogg@... writes: - is a mapper declaration of odbl=clean interesting and helpful in reconciling the data base? Definitely, and I think odbl=no would also be useful to mark objects that are known to come from

Re: [OSM-legal-talk] feedback requested

2011-12-21 Thread Simon Poole
Am 21.12.2011 13:34, schrieb Ed Avis: Simon Poolesimon@... writes: If somebody is improving the geometry of a way because he is interpolating from the available information (may that be GPS traces of other ways) then he is doing exactly that, That is exactly it: improving the geometry of a

Re: [OSM-legal-talk] feedback requested

2011-12-21 Thread Ed Avis
Simon Poole simon@... writes: If you take an existing tainted way and move it they way is still going to go, so what is your point again? Are we not talking about the following situation: - mapper A (who has agreed to the CTs) creates a way - mapper B (who has not agreed) adjusts the

Re: [OSM-legal-talk] feedback requested

2011-12-21 Thread Simon Poole
Am 21.12.2011 14:15, schrieb Ed Avis: Simon Poolesimon@... writes: If you take an existing tainted way and move it they way is still going to go, so what is your point again? Are we not talking about the following situation: - mapper A (who has agreed to the CTs) creates a way -

Re: [OSM-legal-talk] feedback requested

2011-12-21 Thread Simon Poole
Am 21.12.2011 14:50, schrieb Ed Avis: Simon Poolesimon@... writes: In general we have assumed that for example tracing from aerial imagery and similar sources does not create a derived work in which the creator of the imagery has rights (not that I necessarily agree with that). The

Re: [OSM-legal-talk] feedback requested

2011-12-21 Thread mike
Quoting Ed Avis e...@waniasset.com: Simon Poole simon@... writes: - mapper A (who has agreed to the CTs) creates a way - mapper B (who has not agreed) adjusts the way's geometry, creating some new nodes - mapper C (who has agreed) adjusts the position of those nodes In this

Re: [OSM-legal-talk] feedback requested

2011-12-21 Thread Ed Avis
Sorry, I appreciate your taking the time to go through the arguments on this but I think I have said all I have to say about node positions. I'll let others decide whether what I wrote makes sense. -- Ed Avis e...@waniasset.com ___ legal-talk

Re: [OSM-legal-talk] feedback requested

2011-12-21 Thread Ed Avis
mike@... writes: 2) good faith - are we making a reasonable effort to remove the IP of folks who have not given us permission to continue? I certainly agree with Ed that we should treat ex-contributors no differently to any IP owner ... but feel we are already doing that in this and other

Re: [OSM-legal-talk] feedback requested

2011-12-21 Thread mike
Quoting Ed Avis e...@waniasset.com: mike@... writes: 2) good faith - are we making a reasonable effort to remove the IP of folks who have not given us permission to continue? I certainly agree with Ed that we should treat ex-contributors no differently to any IP owner ... but feel we are

Re: [OSM-legal-talk] feedback requested

2011-12-21 Thread mike
Quoting Ed Avis e...@waniasset.com: mike@... writes: 2) good faith - are we making a reasonable effort to remove the IP of folks who have not given us permission to continue? I certainly agree with Ed that we should treat ex-contributors no differently to any IP owner ... but feel we are

Re: [OSM-legal-talk] feedback requested

2011-12-20 Thread Apollinaris Schoell
+1 for both items On Dec 20, 2011, at 12:27 PM, Richard Weait wrote: Dear All, LWG would like feedback on a couple of items relating to cleaning tainted data as we all prepare for the data base transition. Draft minutes are here.

Re: [OSM-legal-talk] feedback requested

2011-12-20 Thread Jean-Marc Liotier
On 12/20/2011 10:11 PM, Apollinaris Schoell wrote: Of particular interest are: - can node positions be cleaned by moving to a new position? While you are at it, I would love to hear about a specific subset of the cases encompassed by this question : the cases where the edit is correlated with a

Re: [OSM-legal-talk] feedback requested

2011-12-20 Thread Hendrik Oesterlin
Richard Weait rich...@weait.com wrote on 21/12/2011 at 07:27:19 +1100 subject [OSM-legal-talk] feedback requested : Of particular interest are: - can node positions be cleaned by moving to a new position? - is a mapper declaration of odbl=clean interesting and helpful in reconciling the data

Re: [OSM-legal-talk] feedback requested

2011-12-20 Thread Richard Weait
On Tue, Dec 20, 2011 at 4:39 PM, Jean-Marc Liotier j...@liotier.org wrote: On 12/20/2011 10:11 PM, Apollinaris Schoell wrote: Of particular interest are: - can node positions be cleaned by moving to a new position? While you are at it, I would love to hear about a specific subset of the