Ralf Gerlich wrote:
IANAL, but you might be even better off than you think. At least here in
Germany, courts seem to consider only the map itself (its presentation)
to be protected by copyright but not the base data (such as elevation
isolines, roadlines, etc.), as the base data itself represents reality
and does not lend itself to creativity ("persönliche geistige Schöpfung"
or "personal mental creation"), which is a basic requirement for
copyright protection according to German copyright law.
Do that in the UK and you'll be very heavily stomped on by the OS
lawyers. You want the data, you need to survey it yourself, or buy it
(and then there'll likely be restrictions on use).
You may have to check whether similar conditions apply to this specific
map and Crown Copyright. I repeat: I am not a lawyer ;-)
They don't :-) If they did then there'd be no reason for
http://www.openstreetmap.org to exist.
Jon
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