[OSM-legal-talk] Re-using ODbL for other, similiar project?

2011-06-21 Thread Willy
Hi folks, this is my first post on this list, so kindly excuse if my questions are misplaced or have been answered before. I am working on a project similar to OSM: The objective is to provide a free database with basic geospatial and meta data of airfields (coordinates, height, runway

Re: [OSM-legal-talk] Re-using ODbL for other, similiar project?

2011-06-21 Thread Ed Avis
Willy willy@... writes: Question 1: May I copy and re-use the ODbL text for my project? Is the license itself free? Yes, I believe so, although I do not see an explicit statement on http://www.opendatacommons.org/ or in the licence text. Actually I inherited the database after the creator

Re: [OSM-legal-talk] [talk-au] Statement from nearmap.com regarding submission of derived works from PhotoMaps to OpenStreetMap

2011-06-21 Thread Grant Slater
On 21 June 2011 05:46, Steve Bennett stevag...@gmail.com wrote: Hang on, here's Nearmap's statement: All such additions or edits submitted to OSM prior to 17 June 2011 may be held and continue to be used by OSM under the terms in place between OSM and the individual which submitted the

Re: [OSM-legal-talk] [talk-au] Statement from nearmap.com regarding submission of derived works from PhotoMaps to OpenStreetMap

2011-06-21 Thread Stephen Gower
[Sorry to quote so much context - please do scroll down!) On Sun, Jun 19, 2011 at 11:16:03AM +0100, Robert Whittaker (OSM) wrote: I think the question being asked arises from the following hypothetical chain of events: 1/ Person A has a database that he licenses under ODbL. 2/ Person B

Re: [OSM-legal-talk] [talk-au] Statement from nearmap.com regarding submission of derived works from PhotoMaps to OpenStreetMap

2011-06-21 Thread John Smith
On 21 June 2011 23:31, Stephen Gower socks-openstreetmap@earth.li wrote: [Sorry to quote so much context - please do scroll down!) On Sun, Jun 19, 2011 at 11:16:03AM +0100, Robert Whittaker (OSM) wrote: I think the question being asked arises from the following hypothetical chain of

Re: [OSM-legal-talk] [talk-au] Statement from nearmap.com regarding submission of derived works from PhotoMaps to OpenStreetMap

2011-06-21 Thread Mike Dupont
On Wed, Jun 22, 2011 at 4:57 AM, John Smith deltafoxtrot...@gmail.comwrote: Person A also should do as much as they can to make sure any potential Person C is aware of the intention. In the case of OSM, it helps that it's the largest open map data project - it's likely anyone thinking of