On Mon, Jun 13, 2011 at 12:49 PM, Mikel Maron <mikel_ma...@yahoo.com> wrote: > Legal-talk, any opinions or insights on this question? > > == Mikel Maron == > +14152835207 @mikel s:mikelmaron > > ________________________________ > From: Mikel Maron <mikel_ma...@yahoo.com> > To: legal-talk@openstreetmap.org > Sent: Thu, May 26, 2011 5:18:11 PM > Subject: Import from Ushahidi Libya Instance > > You may be aware, UN OCHA has been coordinating a Ushahidi instance to map > reports from the the Libya Crisis. http://libyacrisismap.net/. OSM is the > base map. > > They've geocoded about 150 places and POI, and have recruited OSM folks to > conflate this list with OpenStreetMap. > http://internal.libyacrisismap.net/volunteers/team-geolocation/coordinates-database > > The issue is that the source for the geocoding is listed, but not always > licensed under a license compatible with OSM. > > Even if locations were derived from non-compatible license sources, my > thinking has been that this is "non-substantial and non-systematic", and > therefore might be permissible to import. Data is only collected based on > select needs to geocode reports. The numbers are just over 150. According to > the Substantial Guideline of the ODbL, an extract from OSM like this would > not trigger the viral terms of the license. > http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Open_Data_License/Substantial_-_Guideline > > Question is then twofold. One, we haven't yet adopted the ODbL, so how much > could a guideline apply. And two, how does the concept of non-substantial > apply to importing data? I think there's a good chance it's ok, in which > case all data could be brought in. The alternative would then be to exempt > particular POI from conflation, or simply geocode them again using fully > clear sources.
My thought: Incompatible sources are incompatible. "Good intentions" do not trump incompatible sources. _______________________________________________ legal-talk mailing list legal-talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/legal-talk
