On 21-4-2011 22:35, Pol wrote:
Ok I will do it. I'll contact them tomorrow and ask them precisely. I'll
do my report on that mailing as soon as I have a reply or an answer.
Excellent! I hope they're more willing to cooporate than they were to
you before.
In general, we cannot use any government data in Belgium without
explicit permission. Either to any user or to OSM specifically.
Ok I wasn't aware of that.
It also depends on which part of the government it is. For example: If
they publish a law that documents coordinates, we can use it without
questions. Any law, decree is fair game, but IANAL.
But again, if I had spotted myself those antennas, the problem is still
the same ?
No. In that case, *you* gathered the data. You can add that to OSM
without any issues.
It's the same reason we cannot enter street names from other maps, but
we can enter street names we mapped ourselves.
Also noteworthy is that the map on ibpt.be <http://ibpt.be> says
"Door deze site te gebruiken zijn de gebruikers gebonden door de
gebruiksvoorwaarden van Google." / "En utilisant ce site, les
utilisateurs sont tenus par les conditions d'utilisation de Google."
So does it changes something ?
It shows either of two things:
1) They just included that generic notice without thinking too much
about it.
2) They had to include it to be able to show a Google map.
Either way, the wording applies to the 'site'. So, please ask them to
clarify their position with respect to their data. If they're willing to
open up their data, doing it as a separate download, not on the map, is
best. It avoids all traces of Google involvement.
Also, if you gathered your list of antennas by going over every map
popup and writing down the coordinates, you've created a derivative work
from Google.
--
Lennard
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