On 7 Oct 2009, at 12:43, Matthew Somerville wrote: > Francis Davey wrote: >> I don't think they have taken such advice (please point me to any you >> know about). > > One would assume the Ordnance Survey have taken legal advice on their > OpenSpace, which appears to state that point based derivation from > an OS > map would belong to the OS: > http://openspace.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/openspace/faq.html sections 2.1 > and 2.2; and > http://openspace.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/openspace/ > developeragreement.html > has their definition of Derived Data which includes "any Data > created by > You or an End User identifying the location or other attribute of any > new feature directly using Our mapping". >
You can put what you like in a contract.They could also ask developers to dance a jig before every work session, if they wished, but what's in a contract doesn't reflect pre-existing legal conditions. If the derived data were protected by copyright, then it would not be necessary to put it into the contract, except for clarity. > I did misunderstand your previous email (obviously if you used Google > maps search to look up a postcode, then clicked on the map, I imagine > that would be a worse position), and I do agree with what you say (my > postbox locating thing revolves around a presumably similar issue). > > ATB, > Matthew > >> If I use a map to find somewhere (which may not be a point marked on >> the map of course) and extract (by measurement - which is what >> clicking on an image will do) a lat/long coordinate, that action does >> not involve the copying of the map in any way or making a derived >> work >> even if I do this lots and lots and lots of times. > > > _______________________________________________ > Mailing list [email protected] > Archive, settings, or unsubscribe: > https://secure.mysociety.org/admin/lists/mailman/listinfo/developers-public -- Ian Eiloart _______________________________________________ Mailing list [email protected] Archive, settings, or unsubscribe: https://secure.mysociety.org/admin/lists/mailman/listinfo/developers-public
