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

2013-03-04 Thread Erik Johansson
On Mon, Mar 4, 2013 at 10:19 AM, Jonathan Harley j...@spiffymap.net wrote: On 02/03/13 16:17, Erik Johansson wrote: On Fri, Mar 1, 2013 at 11:39 AM, Jonathan Harley j...@spiffymap.net wrote: So - *must* you make your database of user-sourced geodata available to the OSM community? I answer

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

2013-03-04 Thread Tadeusz Knapik
Hello, Personally, I think this does leave a loophole where you could reverse engineer OSM's data from imagery, but as I said at the time, I'm not worried about it because so much accuracy would be lost. In any case, Technically, it is possible to export in a format where accuracy is 100%

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

2013-03-04 Thread Simon Poole
Am 04.03.2013 11:29, schrieb Tadeusz Knapik: How come? ODbL doesn't enforce PW's license - if Produced Work is licenced Public Domain, how do you reach somebody who used this PD Produced Work to credit OSM? Sincerely, This is patently wrong, see ODbL 1.0 paragraph 4.3

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

2013-03-04 Thread Jonathan Harley
On 04/03/13 11:53, Pieren wrote: On Mon, Mar 4, 2013 at 10:19 AM, Jonathan Harley j...@spiffymap.net wrote: Personally, I think this does leave a loophole where you could reverse engineer OSM's data from imagery, but as I said at the time, I'm not worried about it because so much accuracy

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

2013-03-04 Thread Simon Poole
Am 04.03.2013 13:39, schrieb Jonathan Harley: On 04/03/13 11:53, Pieren wrote: On Mon, Mar 4, 2013 at 10:19 AM, Jonathan Harley j...@spiffymap.net wrote: Personally, I think this does leave a loophole where you could reverse engineer OSM's data from imagery, but as I said at the time, I'm

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

2013-03-04 Thread Olov McKie
Hello All! Again thank you for all your feedback. Unfortunately after the feedback that I have gotten so far on my initial 4 use-cases, and the 4 extra sub-use-cases I added later, I still do not know for sure if the use-cases I presented would trigger the ODbL share alike clause or not. My

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

2013-03-04 Thread Olov McKie
Hello All! Forgive me for the previous unfinished version of this mail, here is the complete version. Again thank you for all your feedback. Unfortunately after the feedback that I have gotten so far on my initial 4 use-cases, and the 4 extra sub-use-cases I added later, I still do not know

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

2013-03-01 Thread Jonathan Harley
On 28/02/13 14:58, Olov McKie wrote: Hello All! Hi Olov, I'll give this a go. My answers are a long way down because I think cases 1-3 are all essentially the same: First off, thank you for the feedback I have gotten so far! I had an idea about what answers I would get on my questions,

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

2013-03-01 Thread Alex Barth
On Fri, Mar 1, 2013 at 12:16 AM, Paul Norman penor...@mac.com wrote: The fact that you can’t mix OSM + proprietary data and then distribute it as some kind of “OSM but better” without releasing the proprietary data is a feature of share-alike licenses, not a bug. Not every feature is a good

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

2013-03-01 Thread Rob Myers
On Fri, 1 Mar 2013 10:36:48 -0500, Alex Barth wrote: On Fri, Mar 1, 2013 at 12:16 AM, Paul Norman wrote: The fact that you can’t mix OSM + proprietary data and then distribute it as some kind of “OSM but better” without releasing the proprietary data is a feature of share-alike licenses,

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

2013-03-01 Thread Rob Myers
On Fri, 1 Mar 2013 16:53:44 +0100 (CET), Olov McKie wrote: As I understand our license change, it can be described as this: (Please correct me if I am wrong) All objects that had an edit history where someone not willing to change the license (decliner) had edited anything was reverted back

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

2013-02-28 Thread Jean-Marc Liotier
On 02/28/2013 05:54 AM, Jake Wasserman wrote: I'm a little confused. The way I interpret your comment, merely storing ODbL and non-ODbL data in the same database triggers share alike. But on the use cases wiki page (http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/License/Use_Cases), Case 4 says: 'It

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

2013-02-28 Thread Jonathan Harley
On 28/02/13 08:04, Jean-Marc Liotier wrote: On 02/28/2013 05:54 AM, Jake Wasserman wrote: I'm a little confused. The way I interpret your comment, merely storing ODbL and non-ODbL data in the same database triggers share alike. But on the use cases wiki page

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

2013-02-28 Thread Simon Poole
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Re: [OSM-legal-talk] License question, user clicking on map

2013-02-28 Thread Olov McKie
Hello All! First off, thank you for the feedback I have gotten so far! I had an idea about what answers I would get on my questions, but some of your answers were not what I expected, so let me reason a bit about each case and I would love your feedback on my reasoning. Please also look on

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

2013-02-28 Thread Eugene Alvin Villar
On Thu, Feb 28, 2013 at 10:58 PM, Olov McKie o...@mckie.se wrote: 1. If we present an OSM map to the user let them click on the map and use the coordinates they clicked on as part of the meta-data for a place in our application, will the resulting database be considered a derived database?

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

2013-02-28 Thread Alex Barth
On Wed, Feb 27, 2013 at 11:54 PM, Jake Wasserman jwasser...@gmail.comwrote: 'It makes no difference whether you store the data sets separately, or together in the same database software, whether that is a RDBMS, NOSQL, filesystem or anything else. So long as the other data isn't derived from

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

2013-02-28 Thread Rob Myers
On 28/02/13 00:17, Frederik Ramm wrote: As I said in my opening paragraph, the share-alike license never prohibits you from doing something with the data; it just prohibits you from prohibiting stuff! 3 - Rob. ___ legal-talk mailing list

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

2013-02-28 Thread Tobias Knerr
On 28.02.2013 01:17, Frederik Ramm wrote: Just to make this one point clear: What you *can* do with the data is pretty clear and pretty easy. This is not really true. At the core of the ODbL is the idea that produced works and derivative databases should be treated differently, and that

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

2013-02-28 Thread Rob Myers
On 27/02/13 20:24, Marc Regan wrote: I'm also going to add we should do away with share alike in the mid term. It's just complicated and hurting OSM. Case in point: example at hand. +1. If you want to do anything with OSM data besides make map tiles, the cloud of uncertainty around what you can

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

2013-02-28 Thread Rob Myers
On 27/02/13 21:19, Rob wrote: Rather than share-alike I would like to share-what-I-like but that is not an option. And I'd like you to make me a sandwich. - Rob. ___ legal-talk mailing list legal-talk@openstreetmap.org

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

2013-02-28 Thread Rob Myers
On 28/02/13 23:45, Tobias Knerr wrote: It also _forces_ you to prohibit stuff, by requiring ODbL for derivative databases. That doesn't prohibit anything. You can make derivative databases. You just can't prohibit people from using them freely. - Rob.

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

2013-02-28 Thread Svavar Kjarrval
It would prohibit me from using the CC0 license if I use any data with a ODbL license to create a derived database. - Svavar Kjarrval On 28/02/13 23:49, Rob Myers wrote: On 28/02/13 23:45, Tobias Knerr wrote: It also _forces_ you to prohibit stuff, by requiring ODbL for derivative databases.

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

2013-02-28 Thread Alex Barth
On Wed, Feb 27, 2013 at 7:17 PM, Frederik Ramm frede...@remote.org wrote: I think that the OSM community is already very open towards commercial use; This is bigger than just commercial use. The ODbL is an obstacle to contribute to OSM for anyone - business or not - who is bound by the

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

2013-02-28 Thread Paul Norman
legal discussions. Subject: Re: [OSM-legal-talk] License question, user clicking on map On Wed, Feb 27, 2013 at 7:17 PM, Frederik Ramm frede...@remote.org wrote: I think that the OSM community is already very open towards commercial use; This is bigger than just commercial use. The ODbL

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

2013-02-27 Thread Alex Barth
On Fri, Feb 22, 2013 at 11:19 AM, Kate Chapman k...@maploser.com wrote: My understanding is you are saying I would like it to be this way, but at the moment it is not. Correct? Correct. ___ legal-talk mailing list legal-talk@openstreetmap.org

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

2013-02-27 Thread Alex Barth
On Fri, Feb 22, 2013 at 11:19 AM, Kate Chapman k...@maploser.com wrote: My understanding is you are saying I would like it to be this way, but at the moment it is not. Correct? Actually to be more specific: I'm saying I would like geocoding-like use cases to be clarified, at the moment it is

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

2013-02-27 Thread Marc Regan
I'm also going to add we should do away with share alike in the mid term. It's just complicated and hurting OSM. Case in point: example at hand. +1. If you want to do anything with OSM data besides make map tiles, the cloud of uncertainty around what you can and can't do with the data is

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

2013-02-27 Thread Mikel Maron
: Wednesday, February 27, 2013 4:19 PM Subject: Re: [OSM-legal-talk] License question, user clicking on map +1 +1 +1 Would love to use OSM data to create a tile server for a project I have in the works but the share-alike clause has stopped me from moving forward with OSM.  Rather than share-alike I

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

2013-02-27 Thread Richard Fairhurst
.n5.nabble.com/OSM-legal-talk-License-question-user-clicking-on-map-tp5750253p5751314.html Sent from the Legal Talk mailing list archive at Nabble.com. ___ legal-talk mailing list legal-talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/legal

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

2013-02-27 Thread Rob
in context: http://gis.19327.n5.nabble.com/OSM-legal-talk-License-question-user-clicking-on-map-tp5750253p5751314.html Sent from the Legal Talk mailing list archive at Nabble.com. ___ legal-talk mailing list legal-talk@openstreetmap.org http

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

2013-02-27 Thread Alex Barth
or mobile app becomes fair game once OSM data is used. What? No. No, that isn't true. I'm no fan of share-alike but that is trivially disprovable. Richard -- View this message in context: http://gis.19327.n5.nabble.com/OSM-legal-talk-License-question-user-clicking-on-map

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

2013-02-27 Thread Frederik Ramm
Hi, On 27.02.2013 21:24, Marc Regan wrote: +1. If you want to do anything with OSM data besides make map tiles, the cloud of uncertainty around what you can and can't do with the data is pretty terrifying. Just to make this one point clear: What you *can* do with the data is pretty clear

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

2013-02-27 Thread Jake Wasserman
disprovable. Richard -- View this message in context: http://gis.19327.n5.nabble.com/OSM-legal-talk-License-question-user-clicking-on-map-tp5750253p5751314.html Sent from the Legal Talk mailing list archive at Nabble.com. ___ legal

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

2013-02-24 Thread Erik Johansson
On Fri, Feb 22, 2013 at 4:28 PM, Olov McKie o...@mckie.se wrote: Hej Erik! Would you please consider reading my mail one more time, and clarify your answers, because I do not understand what you are trying to say. No where in my mail did I say anything about using Google maps or their API,

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

2013-02-22 Thread Erik Johansson
On Fri, Feb 22, 2013 at 12:16 AM, Olov McKie o...@mckie.se wrote: I work for a library where we are building a new version of an application to handle all sort of collections, for example books, letters, images, music sheets, etc. The application will store metadata and digitalized versions

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

2013-02-22 Thread Olov McKie
Hej Erik! Would you please consider reading my mail one more time, and clarify your answers, because I do not understand what you are trying to say. No where in my mail did I say anything about using Google maps or their API, yet for the two usecases you have answered about are you talking

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

2013-02-22 Thread Kate Chapman
Hi Alex, You might want to clarify because your email is a bit confusing. My understanding is you are saying I would like it to be this way, but at the moment it is not. Correct? Yes it is important to clarify the share alike clause, but I think also important not to confuse people asking how

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

2013-02-21 Thread Olov McKie
Hello all! I have a few usecases for OSM where I do not know if I can use it or not. I work for a library where we are building a new version of an application to handle all sort of collections, for example books, letters, images, music sheets, etc. The application will store metadata and

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

2013-02-21 Thread Alex Barth
I think all of these use cases should be ok and we should adjust the community guide lines to clarify that ODbL's share alike clause shouldn't kick in here. On Thu, Feb 21, 2013 at 6:16 PM, Olov McKie o...@mckie.se wrote: Hello all! I have a few usecases for OSM where I do not know if I can