I am proposing the update the text on the Use Cases page. I intend to merge some of the different Use Cases and introduce some new ones based on the problematic areas we are exploring on the list. I will also tweek the wording to make it clearer for the next legal review (especially the ones where the lawyer said he didn't understand).
I will create a verbatim copy of the contents of the current Use Case page to a new location 'Use Cases version 1' or something before I start. I think these Use Cases are going to end up being twins of an eventual FAQ that I imagine will exist. For example Use Case 1 might end up in the FAQ as 'I want to include a map produced by OSM data in my printed book/newsletter etc. Can I do this, how should I attribute it and what Licence should I use. ' Answer' Yes you can, you should attribute it to OSM using text such as "This map contains information from www.OpenStreetMap.org , which is made available here under the Open Database Licence (ODbL)." The attribution can either appear close to the map itself, an approach which will be suitable if there are other maps in the document form other sources, or you can include an attribution at the start of end of the document in a place were someone would be likely to look for it. You can licence the map anyway you like - Public Domain, CCBYSA, full copyright etc. Note that if you do need to update the mapping data itself then you need to make the improvements available to others. See Question xxx below for more details in this case. Let me know soon if you don't think that is a good idea! Regards, Peter _______________________________________________ legal-talk mailing list legal-talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/legal-talk