Re: [Talk-us] Moving historic railroad ways from OSM to OpenHistoricalMap

2015-04-08 Thread Hans De Kryger
On Apr 2, 2015 7:08 AM, EthnicFood IsGreat ethnicfoodisgr...@gmail.com wrote: It's apparent to me that consensus will never be reached on whether or not abandoned railroads belong in OSM (at least the way it is currently configured), given the strong feelings on both sides of the issue. That's

Re: [Talk-us] Facts about the world

2015-04-08 Thread Simon Poole
Am 07.04.2015 um 16:51 schrieb Martin Koppenhoefer: ... is this something the OSMF lawyers have had a look into? Is the issue really copyright or is this about trademark (regarding the names GR PR etc.)? Currently it seems we are accepting what the Fédération Francaise de la Randonnée

Re: [Talk-us] Facts about the world

2015-04-08 Thread Martin Koppenhoefer
2015-04-08 9:05 GMT+02:00 Simon Poole si...@poole.ch: The wiki already explains: they hold a trademark for GR which makes using the official names of the routes essentially impossible in and for material they hold protection for and further they seem to claim copyright on the routes

Re: [Talk-us] Facts about the world

2015-04-08 Thread Simon Poole
Am 08.04.2015 um 15:23 schrieb Russ Nelson: Simon Poole writes: The wiki already explains: they hold a trademark for GR which makes using the official names of the routes essentially impossible in and Perhaps French trademark law is different than US trademark law, but in the US, you

Re: [Talk-us] Moving historic railroad ways from OSM to OpenHistoricalMap

2015-04-08 Thread Russ Nelson
Hans De Kryger writes: On Apr 2, 2015 7:08 AM, EthnicFood IsGreat ethnicfoodisgr...@gmail.com wrote: It's apparent to me that consensus will never be reached on whether or not abandoned railroads belong in OSM (at least the way it is currently configured), given the strong feelings

Re: [Talk-us] Facts about the world

2015-04-08 Thread Russ Nelson
Simon Poole writes: The wiki already explains: they hold a trademark for GR which makes using the official names of the routes essentially impossible in and Perhaps French trademark law is different than US trademark law, but in the US, you can *always* use a trademark truthfully. Thus, you

[Talk-us] Last few days. State of the Map: Call for Venues 2016

2015-04-08 Thread Richard Weait
Dear All, The Call for Venues to host State of the Map 2016 is open for a few more days. Do you wish that your town / region could host State of the Map? It isn't too late. Get a team of locals together and assemble a bid. Have a look at the example bids, and the bids submitted so far.