On Sun, Oct 12, 2008 at 11:41 PM, Denver Gingerich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote:
> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > On Sat, Oct 11, 2008 at 6:58 AM, Niklas Cholmkvist wrote: > > Hello, > > > > I have a map which the technical service of my local authority gave me > > when I visited their building and asked for a map, showing the > > geographical boundaries of this authority. > > > > I now have a letter ready to be sent to them. Since it is in the Greek > > language I've translated it to English, and made it a bit more general, > > so it could point to any local > > authority. I've searched in the wiki a bit in the past for a map use > > request to a local authority, but just found such information scattered > > around. Anyway, here is the letter: > > > > > > Map of Municipality of Sykies > > > > To: Technical Service of the Municipality of Sykies – Department of city > > planning & Cadastre > > Address: Lechovou 4 > > Postal Address: 566 26 > > > > Hello, > > > > I'm interested in using information that exists on the map and use it > > (either as is or with changes) in a database of the organisation > > openstreetmap. The geographical information that exist in this database > > is licensed under Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported [1]. > > > > Openstreetmap is an organisation which tries to create a free map where > > volunteers help out with geographical information, from many places of > > the world. > > If it's not possible, may I have your permission to use the information > > of the map of the municipality of Sykies and add them to the database of > > openstreetmap? > > > > I'm waiting for your reply > > > > My name > > My address and postcode > > My regular phone > > My cell/mobile number > > My email > > Notes: > > [1] : Brief information on the webpage > > http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/deed.el > > > > While your link is correct, the name of the license is not. OSM uses > the 2.0 BY-SA license, whose full name is "Attribution-Share Alike 2.0 > Generic". > > > If you have any suggestions on changes, or know of a place in the wiki > > where something like a template for such a letter can be found I would > > be happy. > > I have added the legal-talk list to this thread. This sort of thing > is probably best discussed there instead of the newbies list. > > Denver > http://ossguy.com/ > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) > Comment: http://getfiregpg.org > > iD8DBQFI8mELq02IUA/pi34RAglEAJ9Ei/NTvHSvCJZlOkfbdX+6GL6g+gCggTNL > PpmY30DWHebCEQMflZWWBXM= > =WueD > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > _______________________________________________ > newbies mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/newbies The license will change, so maybe it's better not to mention a license at all and just say "may I add the data to the openstreetmap database?"
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