On 2010-11-28 21:39, Mike Dupont wrote:
I have also asked this question. If the old license is not any good,
then they should not need our permission to just take the data.
After some more reading and thinking I am of the opinion that there are
two parts of the problem: the license and the
On Sun, Nov 28, 2010 at 2:51 PM, Andreas Perstinger
andreas.perstin...@gmx.net wrote:
Isn't the content the users provide just facts (at least the
coordinates, some tags could be questionable)?
I don't think it's quite that simple. If I draw a complex
intersection on a piece of paper, that's
Hi,
sorry for my probably stupid question, but I'm rather new to OSM and
still learning :-).
As I understand it, we build a database which we fill with coordinates
and their tags. Because of the license change some (or most or all?) are
afraid that we loose data from the users who don't
On 11/28/2010 07:51 PM, Andreas Perstinger wrote:
As I understand it, we build a database which we fill with coordinates
and their tags. Because of the license change some (or most or all?)
A very vocal minority.
are
afraid that we loose data from the users who don't sign the new CT or
On 28 November 2010 19:51, Andreas Perstinger
andreas.perstin...@gmx.net wrote:
Hi,
sorry for my probably stupid question, but I'm rather new to OSM and still
learning :-).
As I understand it, we build a database which we fill with coordinates and
their tags. Because of the license change
On Sun, Nov 28, 2010 at 8:51 PM, Andreas Perstinger
andreas.perstin...@gmx.net wrote:
Hi,
sorry for my probably stupid question, but I'm rather new to OSM and still
learning :-).
As I understand it, we build a database which we fill with coordinates and
their tags. Because of the license
On 2010-11-28 21:29, Rob Myers wrote:
One concern some people have is that large datasets donated to or
imported into the project will either be unable to be relicenced or will
take several years to be relicenced.
Ok, but it seems that these aren't a big problem (except
Nearmap/Australia -
On 11/28/2010 08:53 PM, Andreas Perstinger wrote:
On 2010-11-28 21:29, Rob Myers wrote:
One concern some people have is that large datasets donated to or
imported into the project will either be unable to be relicenced or will
take several years to be relicenced.
Ok, but it seems that these
On 2010-11-28 21:30, Francis Davey wrote:
There are two possible answers (I have no idea which applies, or if
both applies):
(i) The data may actually be protected, eg by the sui generis database
right that applies in the European Union and EEA, just because it is
just facts doesn't mean there
On 2010-11-28 22:06, Rob Myers wrote:
If you're Australian (or ever likely to visit Australia, or ever likely
to need a map of it for any reason) then losing Australian data *is* a
problem.
Yes you're right. I didn't mean it deprecative.
The Ordnance Survey in the UK (where I live), one of
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