Re: [Talk-us] California is too big ;)

On Tue, Nov 6, 2018 at 5:59 AM Tod Fitch wrote: > > For background, I a 40 year resident of California and have lived, worked > and/or performed volunteer work in five of the “six Californias”. At > present I live in Orange County (part of the Six California’s “South > California” and perform

Re: [Talk-us] Elections coming up!

Hi, Martijn- Are there particular skills or perspectives the current board thinks would be useful to add to the board? In my experience, discussing those can help bring out candidates that might not otherwise apply. Luis (not fishing, I've got my hands full helping the legal working group :) On

[OSM-legal-talk] Disclaimers of title in open licenses/OGL [was Re: Licence compatibility: Open Data Licence for The Regional Municipality of Peel (Version 1.0)]

ker+...@gmail.com> wrote: > On 9 September 2016 at 18:19, Luis Villa <l...@lu.is> wrote: > > Can you elaborate on the second point, Simon? Are you referring to the > > "third party rights the Information Provider is not authorised to > license" > > language? If so

Re: [OSM-legal-talk] Licence compatibility: Open Data Licence for The Regional Municipality of Peel (Version 1.0)

Can you elaborate on the second point, Simon? Are you referring to the "third party rights the Information Provider is not authorised to license" language? If so, I'm afraid they've merely made explicit what is implicit in all licenses - if there is third party material in a work that the open

Re: [Talk-us] Timezones in USA?

And a timely (no pun intended) reminder that state lines can be fluid too: https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/altered-state-border-redraw-leaves-16-in-different-carolina/2016/05/29/9b2d1908-25ae-11e6-8329-6104954928d2_story.html On Mon, May 30, 2016, 9:57 AM John F. Eldredge

Re: [OSM-legal-talk] Any thoughts on the Friday WAPO article referencing OSM RE: India Mapping?

It's not just the disputed border; the bill as proposed would make it illegal to possess "geospatial data", i.e., copies of OSM, without a license: http://geoawesomeness.com/problems-with-the-geospatial-information-regulation-bill/ Luis On Tue, May 10, 2016 at 3:35 PM Mr. Stace D Maples

Re: [Talk-us] Communications manager

been on my last business card.) Luis On Fri, Apr 1, 2016, 9:31 PM Greg Morgan <dr.kludge...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Fri, Apr 1, 2016 at 12:01 PM, Luis Villa <l...@lu.is> wrote: > >> On Fri, Apr 1, 2016 at 11:55 AM Steve Coast <st...@asklater.com> wrote: >> >>

Re: [Talk-us] Communications manager

On Fri, Apr 1, 2016 at 11:55 AM Steve Coast wrote: > > > On Apr 1, 2016, at 12:42 AM, Paul Norman wrote: > > > > On 4/1/2016 12:22 AM, Greg Morgan wrote: > >> I would think that the US Board should add another board member to be a > communications manager.

Re: [Talk-us] [OSM-talk] Slack

On Tue, Mar 29, 2016 at 10:25 AM Bill Ricker wrote: > > On Tue, Mar 29, 2016 at 11:37 AM, Ian Dees wrote: > >> Slack offers an irc gateway if you'd prefer to connect to slack from your >> irc client. Just sign up for the slack team and look in the

Re: [Talk-us] Slack

+0.5 to Slack. It's clearly better than IRC on a number of fronts, but if it replaces publicly browseable/searchable interfaces, information can be lost for the casual folks who are the lifeblood of a community. (Meeting announces there won't be seen by the public, for example.) This usually isn't

Re: [Talk-us] Increasing the number of US Mappers

Just a data point, if OSM is anything like Wikimedia: anywhere outside of the US and Western Europe, mapper conversations are likely already happening *primarily* (and possibly even *exclusively*) on Facebook. And in the US and Western Europe, mapper conversations among people who joined in the

Re: [OSM-legal-talk] Proposed "Metadata"-Guideline

On Tue, Sep 22, 2015 at 1:58 PM Tom Lee wrote: > Martin, > > > Is there a problem with the current license? Is it not clear from a legal > point of view, how it should be interpreted? > > > Correct--it's currently unclear how the license applies to many important > use cases.

Re: [Talk-us] User HomocideBaltimore adding fake / fictional / old data all over Baltimore

Agreed that clearly these edits need to be reverted and the account probably blocked, but just curious: is there no alternate service (akin to the historical maps project) for this person to play in? Luis On Fri, Sep 11, 2015 at 2:13 PM Elliott Plack wrote: > It looks

Re: [OSM-legal-talk] Addresses from Land Registry Price Paid Data

in traditional/proprietary licenses as well, but in those cases, you may be able to negotiate better terms depending on the situation.) OSMF could, of course, negotiate further assurances outside of OGL with specific data providers if there was a particular concern. Luis -- Luis Villa Deputy General Counsel

Re: [OSM-legal-talk] License Working Group news

, others- Is there a formal description somewhere of the roles/responsibilities of the WG? That would help me evaluate to what extent (if at all) I can participate in WG activities. Thanks- Luis -- Luis Villa Deputy General Counsel Wikimedia Foundation 415.839.6885 ext. 6810 *This message may

Re: [OSM-legal-talk] License Working Group news

On Tue, Nov 18, 2014 at 1:46 PM, Paul Norman penor...@mac.com wrote: On 11/18/2014 10:11 AM, Luis Villa wrote: On Mon, Nov 17, 2014 at 11:18 AM, Michael Collinson m...@ayeltd.biz wrote: I would also like to highlight that we also now welcome associate members who can help us

Re: [OSM-legal-talk] Using description from wikipedia text (Tom Gregorovic)

WMF's position with a grain of salt when using Wikipedia's content. But I'd be surprised if this was a problem, especially in a situation like this one where it is particularly clear that what is being used is the underlying fact rather than a copy of a specific expression of the fact. Luis -- Luis

Re: [Talk-us] US Chapter board elections - time is running out!

given year. Or both. :) Luis -- Luis Villa Deputy General Counsel Wikimedia Foundation 415.839.6885 ext. 6810 *This message may be confidential or legally privileged. If you have received it by accident, please delete it and let us know about the mistake. As an attorney for the Wikimedia

Re: [Talk-us] US Chapter board elections - time is running out!

___ Talk-us mailing list Talk-us@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us -- Luis Villa Deputy General Counsel Wikimedia Foundation 415.839.6885 ext. 6810 *This message may be confidential or legally privileged. If you have received it by accident, please delete

Re: [OSM-legal-talk] Community Guidelines (was Re: Attribution)

detailed use cases :) Just that a lot of progress could be made by walking through more basic ones as well. Luis -- Luis Villa Deputy General Counsel Wikimedia Foundation 415.839.6885 ext. 6810 NOTICE: /This message may be confidential or legally privileged. If you have

Re: [OSM-legal-talk] The edges of share-alike on data Re: Attribution

contributions) and risking some loopholes, since the people interested in the loopholes are likely to not contribute back anyway. But that is a judgment call and there is no 100% right answer. Luis -- Luis Villa Deputy General Counsel Wikimedia Foundation 415.839.6885 ext. 6810 NOTICE: *This message may

Re: [OSM-legal-talk] Community Guidelines (was Re: Attribution)

/2013-June/007553.htmland https://lists.openstreetmap.org/pipermail/legal-talk/2013-June/007554.html Which isn't to say that people shouldn't describe detailed use cases :) Just that a lot of progress could be made by walking through more basic ones as well. Luis -- Luis Villa Deputy General

Re: [OSM-legal-talk] Attribution

@openstreetmap.orghttps://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/legal-talk ___ legal-talk mailing list legal-talk@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/legal-talk -- Luis Villa Deputy General Counsel Wikimedia Foundation

Re: [OSM-legal-talk] Guideline review: Substantial

implying that many important uses are not going to be quantitatively substantial?), but I'm really not sure. I would clarify or remove that. Hope this is helpful- Luis -- Luis Villa Deputy General Counsel Wikimedia Foundation 415.839.6885 ext. 6810 NOTICE: *This message may be confidential

Re: [OSM-legal-talk] Review of IndianaMap as potential datasource

://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/legal-talk -- Luis Villa Deputy General Counsel Wikimedia Foundation 415.839.6885 ext. 6810 NOTICE: *This message may be confidential or legally privileged. If you have received it by accident, please delete it and let us know about the mistake. As an attorney

Re: [OSM-legal-talk] Review of IndianaMap as potential datasource

Wikipedia(tm) articles from deletion http://SpeedyDeletion.wikia.com Mozilla Rep https://reps.mozilla.org/u/h4ck3rm1k3 ___ legal-talk mailing list legal-talk@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/legal-talk -- Luis Villa

Re: [OSM-legal-talk] [Talk-ca] Nouvelle licence de données ouvertes au Québec

/Open Data Commons could simplify the problem by declaring that CC 4.0 is a compatible license under ODBL 4.4(a)(iii), but there would still be some complexities to work through. Luis -- Luis Villa Deputy General Counsel Wikimedia Foundation 415.839.6885 ext. 6810 NOTICE: *This message may