Hi, Thanks for your clarifications, everybody. I was under the (looks like wrong) impression the produced work must also be available under the ODbL license. One issue still bugs me though:
If the closed software you have used did not work on the data directly, but > on some sort of pre-processed or augmented data, then *that* would be the > data you have to hand over. What does "pre-processed or augmented" data really mean? OSM data has to be preprocessed to get to the form suitable for rendering. Some examples of preprocessing: 1. Importing it into PostGIS and flattening the geometries (like Mapnik does it). 2. Generalizations: simplifications of roads, polygons etc. for a certain map scale. 3. Finding suitable label placements. 4. Extracting topology from the data (like multipolygon processing, merging of polygons, road segments etc.). 5. Running other complex algorithms on the OSM data. This preprocessing can be done "on-the" fly or (in case of Mapnik) as a separate prerequisite step. Igor On Mon, Oct 22, 2012 at 2:06 PM, Frederik Ramm <frede...@remote.org> wrote: > Hi, > > On 10/22/12 12:07, Igor Brejc wrote: > >> 2. I generate a PDF map from that extract using an unpublished, >> >> closed-source software. The map includes the appropriate OSM >> attribution text. >> > > 1. Is this possible? >> > > Yes (assuming that the PDF is not a database). > > > 2. What are my obligations in terms of ODbL license? What (if anything) > > > do I have to provide, publish etc.? > > Recipients of the PDF, i.e. anyone who views iStockPhoto, would have the > right to ask you to hand over the database on which the map is based. You > would then have the option of saying "it's plain OSM, simply download it > from <X>", or actually give them the data. > > If the closed software you have used did not work on the data directly, > but on some sort of pre-processed or augmented data, then *that* would be > the data you have to hand over. > > 3. Would there be a difference if it was PNG/SVG instead of PDF? >> > > I don't think so. > > 4. Can the buyer of such a map then password-protect his own resulting >> >> work (which includes that map)? >> > > Yes. You will have sold him the work under the condition that he continues > to attribute OSM, but other than that he has no obligations (unless you put > some in). > > If you sell the work with an OSM attribution but without the condition to > perpetuate that attribution, you may be in breach of ODbL or you may not; > this depends on how you interpret the "suitably calculated to make anyone > ... aware" clause. > > Bye > Frederik > > -- > Frederik Ramm ## eMail frede...@remote.org ## N49°00'09" E008°23'33" > > > ______________________________**_________________ > legal-talk mailing list > legal-talk@openstreetmap.org > http://lists.openstreetmap.**org/listinfo/legal-talk<http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/legal-talk> >
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