Hi, with your help, I'll try to answer my own question posted (in full length) here: http://help.openstreetmap.org/questions/14449/license-question-odbl-use-case
I'd first like to mention that my customers, by now, are actively contributing to OSM and we absolutely want to stick to this spirit (not least, in our own interest)! However, I'd like to discuss the following legal issues/questions: > 1) If I remain with the purchased geodata and CloudMade services, is it okay > to simply stick to the attribution as before? I think the question can be answered with yes if proper notice/credits are provided because of the following reasons: The overlay (purchased geodata) is completely independent from the OSM data (see ODBL/Use Cases[1] "3.1 On-line map service using OSM data together with other data sources") and the CloudMade services can be assumed to fulfill all license requirements. A special case might state the calculation of the cost component for each job that is *derived* from the distance of the route. But I think this is no problem either as the transformation is trivial[2] and simply based on the (published) pricing table of the bike courier service. Is that correct? The second question is: > 2) Would it be possible to extend the geocoding of addresses by openstreetmap > services (eg. via Nominatim)? ... The example mainly falls into the section "4 Embedding OSM data into other products/applications" (see ODBL/Use Cases[1]). The questions are: Is the derived (non substantial) data publicly used? (consequently "3.3 Using OSM mapping data together with confidential data for analysis purposes" from the ODBL/Use Cases[1] would not come into account) I think yes: the distribution (in form of a web service) to the staff and customers of the courier service clearly states a public use! Is this correct? I think the more crucial point is the combination of the (copyright protected) purchased geodata and OSM data. This is clearly an improvement "plugging gaps in a commercial product" (see "5 Negative Use Cases" from ODBL/Use Cases[1]). Of course the problem is, that I'm not allowed to publish the purchased geodata under the ODBL. The question is: Am I allowed to combine the purchased geodata with OSM data if I publish at least all modification made to the OSM-derived-data? In other words: Are the ODBL license requirements fulfilled, if I publish all changes to the data extracted from OSM for example by publishing: 1. the script that queries/filters data from OSM 2. the log (machine readable diff) of all changes to this derived data Does this fulfill the ODBL? Thank you very much in advance for your answers! Juergen. References: [1] http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Open_Data_License/Use_Cases [2] http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Open_Data_License/Trivial_Transformations_-_Guideline other sources: http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/ODBL http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Legal_FAQ/ODbL http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Common_licence_interpretations _______________________________________________ legal-talk mailing list legal-talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/legal-talk
