Am 31.03.2015 um 13:59 schrieb Dan S: > 2015-03-31 12:51 GMT+01:00 Andrew Guertin <[email protected]>: >>> I wonder that nobody so far did spell out a warning about adding >>> information from websites. The simple key website=* is ok, but every >>> information like address, prizes and all the amenities is most of the >>> time not usable due to license problems. >>> >>> cu fly >> >> >> I'm pushing this offtopic and this discussion should probably go to >> legal-talk (I've set reply-to there), but that paragraph does not match my >> understanding of copyright law (IANAL, etc.). >> >> My understanding is that a piece of information like an address or phone >> number is a fact and is ineligible for copyright protection. If the fact has >> been collected into a database, though, the database is in some countries >> eligible for protection under a separate form of IP. >> >> Thus if you go to a business' website to find their phone number and put it >> in OSM, everything is okay, but if you go to a phone book to find it, that's >> not okay and you could impact use of OSM in jurisdictions that have database >> protections. > > Andrew, you are correct. People who are concerned about licensing do > forget this distinction sometimes. You've described it very well (the > difference between copying a phone number and a phone book)
Ok, forget about the address and the phone number but how to handle all other information like the availability of washing machines or the cuisine of an restaurant ? cu fly _______________________________________________ Tagging mailing list [email protected] https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging
