Jukka Rahkonen writes: >I have understood that uploaded GPS track logs that we have now are > effectively public domain. They are facts (even they do not allways > tell the truth) and they miss all the creativity so they are not > copyrightable. > Everybody can use at least individual tracks for any purpose. At the > moment only OSM map data are under CC-BY-SA but track logs are free facts.
When we signed up to OSM, we agreed: "By creating an account, you agree that all work uploaded to openstreetmap.org and all data created by use of any tools which connect to openstreetmap.org is to be (non-exclusively) licensed under this Creative Commons license (by-sa)" Surely this includes GPS tracks? Ok, the issue of whether they are copyrightable is still up for debate, but presumably the answer is, as usual, "probably in some jurisdictions" (IANAL). But by uploading them to OSM and releasing them CC-by-SA, we have certainly tried to assert copyright, at the very least (which is a shame - although I might have some misgivings about the map data being PD, I, and I'm sure most others would have no such misgivings about GPS traces). David -- View this message in context: http://gis.638310.n2.nabble.com/OSM-legal-talk-ODbL-CTs-and-tracing-GPS-tracks-tp5428829p5437347.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-talk
