Re: [OSM-legal-talk] How to remove my data since 2006

2011-01-05 Thread Frederik Ramm
Hi, On 01/05/11 09:01, ce-test, qualified testing bv - Gert Gremmen wrote: Is there a tool available to remove all my contributed data from osm, safeguard it, and allows me to resubmit once I can agree with the CT and new license ? No. You would probably negatively affect a lot of other

Re: [OSM-legal-talk] How to remove my data since 2006

2011-01-05 Thread Ed Avis
Frederik Ramm frede...@... writes: Nothing will be removed on 1st April. 1st April only means that you will not be allowed to edit *with your old account* if you haven't agreed to the CT. Can you clarify this? I understood that the CTs were per-person, not per-account, so if you are unable to

Re: [OSM-legal-talk] How to remove my data since 2006

2011-01-05 Thread Grant Slater
On 5 January 2011 12:09, Ed Avis e...@waniasset.com wrote: Frederik Ramm frede...@... writes: Nothing will be removed on 1st April. 1st April only means that you will not be allowed to edit *with your old account* if you haven't agreed to the CT. Can you clarify this?  I understood that the

Re: [OSM-legal-talk] How to remove my data since 2006

2011-01-05 Thread John Smith
On 5 January 2011 22:15, Grant Slater openstreet...@firefishy.com wrote: Repeated again... per account. The 1.0 version of the CT terms are not clear, but the intent is per account. And here I was thinking that contracts are about what's in them... No matter how much you'd wish and hope they'd

Re: [OSM-legal-talk] How to remove my data since 2006

2011-01-05 Thread Maarten Deen
On Wed, 5 Jan 2011 12:09:41 + (UTC), Ed Avis wrote: Frederik Ramm frede...@... writes: Nothing will be removed on 1st April. 1st April only means that you will not be allowed to edit *with your old account* if you haven't agreed to the CT. Can you clarify this? I understood that the

Re: [OSM-legal-talk] CTs and the 1 April deadline

2011-01-05 Thread Frederik Ramm
Hi, On 01/05/2011 01:17 PM, Ed Avis wrote: If the new path for licence changes is well-thought-out and well-defined, why are we not using it now? I would love to, however if today 2/3 agree to the license change, we still need to get an OK from the remaining 1/3 to continue using their data

Re: [OSM-legal-talk] How to remove my data since 2006

2011-01-05 Thread Ed Avis
Grant Slater openstreet...@... writes: I understood that the CTs were per-person, not per-account, so if you are unable to agree to them for existing contributions you would not be able to open a new account either (since to do so you'd have to agree to the CTs for your earlier contributions

Re: [OSM-legal-talk] How to remove my data since 2006

2011-01-05 Thread John Smith
On 5 January 2011 22:21, Maarten Deen md...@xs4all.nl wrote: CTs will allways be per account. There is nothing linking seperate accounts together or even to an actual person. There is only an e-mail address. Any one person can also create multiple accounts and choose to accept or not accept

Re: [OSM-legal-talk] CTs and the 1 April deadline

2011-01-05 Thread Grant Slater
On 5 January 2011 04:13, John Smith deltafoxtrot...@gmail.com wrote: On 5 January 2011 04:37, Richard Fairhurst rich...@systemed.net wrote: That is true. If OSMF wanted to release the data as PD, it would have to delete any OS OpenData-derived content first. I still don't understand how data

Re: [OSM-legal-talk] CTs and the 1 April deadline

2011-01-05 Thread John Smith
On 5 January 2011 22:28, Grant Slater openstreet...@firefishy.com wrote: Our mapping is (likely) illegal in North Korea and a few other You have mentioned China, because mapping there is illegal without the proper permits or whatever you need. regions. I bet we would not remove the data even

Re: [OSM-legal-talk] CTs and the 1 April deadline

2011-01-05 Thread Richard Fairhurst
John Smith wrote: I still don't understand how data could be accepted on that basis in the first place, either there has to be firm statements that such data would be removed, not may be removed As I said to Robert last night, I don't think you need to explicitly write we will not do

Re: [OSM-legal-talk] CTs and the 1 April deadline

2011-01-05 Thread Richard Fairhurst
Ed Avis wrote: I think that actions speak louder than words svn is that way cheers Richard -- View this message in context: http://gis.638310.n2.nabble.com/OSM-legal-talk-CTs-and-the-1-April-deadline-tp5887879p5891828.html Sent from the Legal Talk mailing list archive at

Re: [OSM-legal-talk] CTs and the 1 April deadline

2011-01-05 Thread John Smith
On 5 January 2011 22:41, Richard Fairhurst rich...@systemed.net wrote: As I said to Robert last night, I don't think you need to explicitly write we will not do anything illegal into the Contributor Terms, whether the illegal act is shooting Google executives or deliberately distributing

Re: [OSM-legal-talk] CTs and the 1 April deadline

2011-01-05 Thread Ed Avis
Frederik Ramm frede...@... writes: If the new path for licence changes is well-thought-out and well-defined, why are we not using it now? I would love to, however if today 2/3 agree to the license change, we still need to get an OK from the remaining 1/3 to continue using their data Right!

Re: [OSM-legal-talk] How to remove my data since 2006

2011-01-05 Thread ce-test, qualified testing bv - Gert Gremmen
Frederic said as a reply: No. You would probably negatively affect a lot of other contributions by removing your data. This might be considered vandalism. If you were to remove your data now, others would probably undo the removal. These points are not relevant. Once OSM continues under new

Re: [OSM-legal-talk] How to remove my data since 2006

2011-01-05 Thread Rob Myers
On 05/01/11 13:14, ce-test, qualified testing bv - Gert Gremmen wrote: These points are not relevant. Once OSM continues under new license and CT (as currently presented) I demand to have my owned data withdrawn. Why? - Rob. ___ legal-talk mailing

Re: [OSM-legal-talk] How to remove my data since 2006

2011-01-05 Thread Jukka Rahkonen
Maarten Deen md...@... writes: CTs will allways be per account. There is nothing linking seperate accounts together or even to an actual person. There is only an e-mail address. Any one person can also create multiple accounts and choose to accept or not accept the CT for his

Re: [OSM-legal-talk] How to remove my data since 2006

2011-01-05 Thread Andreas Perstinger
On 2011-01-05 14:14, ce-test, qualified testing bv - Gert Gremmen wrote: These points are not relevant. Once OSM continues under new license and CT (as currently presented) I demand to have my owned data withdrawn. Just out of curiosity: What do you consider as your data? Bye, Andreas

Re: [OSM-legal-talk] How to remove my data since 2006

2011-01-05 Thread Frederik Ramm
Hi, On 01/05/2011 02:14 PM, ce-test, qualified testing bv - Gert Gremmen Nothing will be removed on 1st April. 1st April only means that you will not be allowed to edit *with your old account* if you haven't agreed to the CT. No edit with my account leads to that I demand my previous data

Re: [OSM-legal-talk] CTs and the 1 April deadline

2011-01-05 Thread Richard Fairhurst
John Smith wrote: On 5 January 2011 22:41, Richard Fairhurst rich...@systemed.net wrote: As I said to Robert last night, I don't think you need to explicitly write we will not do anything illegal into the Contributor Terms [...] What's with the comparisons of contract law and criminal

Re: [OSM-legal-talk] How to remove my data since 2006

2011-01-05 Thread Richard Fairhurst
Gert Gremmen wrote: Free data needs no license or CT. I agree! I'm really glad you - like me and many others - are dedicating your data to the public domain. No licence, no CT. Once OSM continues under new license and CT (as currently presented) I demand to have my owned data withdrawn. Oh,

Re: [OSM-legal-talk] How to remove my data since 2006

2011-01-05 Thread ce-test, qualified testing bv - Gert Gremmen
You have a point. ; But I wrote just my intention, not my decision. But I can still remove whatever data I consider mine. (well, until april 1st) Gert Gremmen - Openstreetmap.nl (alias: cetest)  Before printing, think about the

Re: [OSM-legal-talk] CTs and the 1 April deadline

2011-01-05 Thread John Smith
On 5 January 2011 23:53, Richard Fairhurst rich...@systemed.net wrote: Copyright infringement _is_ a criminal offence in England Wales; and the CTs expressly state that the agreement between OSMF and the user shall be governed by English law. I was under the impression that only the US had

Re: [OSM-legal-talk] CTs and the 1 April deadline

2011-01-05 Thread John Smith
On 6 January 2011 00:29, John Smith deltafoxtrot...@gmail.com wrote: I was under the impression that only the US had personal copyright infringement as a criminal offence... This is generally given as a reason that individuals aren't being sued outside the US for copying music. ... being sued

Re: [OSM-legal-talk] CTs and the 1 April deadline

2011-01-05 Thread Richard Fairhurst
John Smith wrote: I was under the impression that only the US had personal copyright infringement as a criminal offence... It's an offence in EW whether personal or commercial. For a business, it's an offence to distribute copyrighted material without licence; for an individual, it's an

Re: [OSM-legal-talk] CTs and the 1 April deadline

2011-01-05 Thread Robert Whittaker (OSM)
On 4 January 2011 23:33, Richard Fairhurst rich...@systemed.net wrote: Robert Whittaker (OSM) wrote: That is true. If OSMF wanted to release the data as PD, it would have to delete any OS OpenData-derived content first. However, is there any guarantee that OSMF will remove such data first?

Re: [OSM-legal-talk] CTs and the 1 April deadline

2011-01-05 Thread Francis Davey
To answer Robert's question. In my view clause 2 needs - and I hope that it will include in its final version - a limitation that you only grant a licence in respect of any rights that you have. The aim (I believe) is this: * the contributor licenses very broadly OSMF to permit them to use any

Re: [OSM-legal-talk] CTs and the 1 April deadline

2011-01-05 Thread andrzej zaborowski
On 5 January 2011 13:24, Frederik Ramm frede...@remote.org wrote: Hi, On 01/05/2011 01:17 PM, Ed Avis wrote: If the new path for licence changes is well-thought-out and well-defined, why are we not using it now? I would love to, however if today 2/3 agree to the license change, we still

[OSM-legal-talk] Swedish law of landscape information

2011-01-05 Thread Johan Jönsson
I am wondering if anyone have considered the laws of some countries, at least Sweden, that states that maps and other forms of landscape information should be reviewed before published. This of defense considerations. Probably there is some limitation of the jurisdiction that makes Swedish laws

Re: [OSM-legal-talk] CTs and the 1 April deadline

2011-01-05 Thread Mike Collinson
I have provisionally added Francis' suggested wording but would like to run it by other License Working Group members. It may help NearMap and similar situations. Here is the CT version that we are looking at formally releasing:

Re: [OSM-legal-talk] CTs and the 1 April deadline

2011-01-05 Thread Frederik Ramm
Mike, I have provisionally added Francis' suggested wording but would like to run it by other License Working Group members. It may help NearMap and similar situations. The major change in all this, compared to the earlier versions, is the concept that you may now contribute data that is not

Re: [OSM-legal-talk] CTs and the 1 April deadline

2011-01-05 Thread Ed Avis
Frederik Ramm frede...@... writes: Could someone, of that disposition, let's call him A, not simply do the following: Make a contract with person B that says Dear B, you may use my data but only under ODBL 1.0 and nothing else; then instruct B to upload the stuff to OSM. Now the data is in

Re: [OSM-legal-talk] CTs and the 1 April deadline

2011-01-05 Thread John Smith
On 6 January 2011 10:11, Tobias Knerr o...@tobias-knerr.de wrote: This would not be better at all, it would render the whole idea of relicensing via Contributor Terms pointless. This aregument you keep stating about people thinking the data is owned by people isn't the full store, in fact I