On 27 December 2010 14:57, Mike Harris <[email protected]> wrote:
> Common problem around here - although the conflict is usually between the > sign(s) on the ground and the official name held in the "List of Streets" > (there is one held by each Highway Authority and it has legal significance; > it is freely available to the general public - for inspection in hard copy > and also on-line - and there is no copyright issue from the Authority and > the only conceivable one is if the OS claim copyright on grid references > (even though they are only a transform of lat/long). Street signs on the > ground - as others have pointed out - often change with time or are > mis-spelled or different at different points on the same street. They are > erected and paid for by the same Highway Authority that maintains the List > of Streets! So deviations in signage from the List of Streets are simple > errors. What is your basis for the claim that there is no copyright issue from the local authority? Copyright and/or Database Right will attach to this data just as much as to any other data and unless your local authority has disclaimed that or otherwise given you permission to use the data subject to an appropriate license then you shouldn't be using it. You should not confuse data being available to you (whether under FOIA, or the Highways Act or whatever) with the question of what rights attach to that data and hence what you can or can't do with it. Tom -- Tom Hughes ([email protected]) http://compton.nu/ _______________________________________________ Talk-GB mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb
