Hello everybody, I am still concerned that some business users cannot make use of OpenStreetMap data because of the Share-Alike-rule as they don't want or cannot share proprietary data. Personally, I am a big fan of the Share-Alike-rule but I think there should be some exceptions.
I have the following interpretation in mind that could make the life of business users easier without undermining the generic Share-Alike rule: * ODbl says that every derivative database has to be made available under the same terms as OSM data * It is not yet clear if "data outside the core ideas of OSM (see http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Verifiability verifiable )" have to be considered Derivative or Collective database for the sake of being substantial * I personally think that "publicly accessible" is a prerequisite to to "Verifiability" Let's assume that a business user has a database of non-publicly accessible objects (e.g. a subsurface cable network for demonstration purposes). If the user installs its own instance of an OpenStreetMap server and draws the "non-publicly accessible subsurface cable network" into the database. Would it be possible that all objects and attributes of these objects that are non-publicly accessible to declare as non-substantial due to the lack of verifiability? This could give a big boost among business user that want to map proprietary data that are non-publicly accessible (otherwise they would not be concerned to "share" them). While everything they draw or alter (in the sense of changing or adding attributes) for publicly accessible objects would have to be "shared". Regards, Oliver -- View this message in context: http://gis.638310.n2.nabble.com/Share-A-Like-non-Verifiability-because-they-are-not-publicly-accessable-tp5212191p5212191.html Sent from the Legal Talk mailing list archive at Nabble.com. _______________________________________________ legal-talk mailing list legal-talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/legal-talk
