Thanks, David. Discussion ongoing on the legal list, but FYI from Frederick Ramm, who opines:
> PS: I would strongly advise against using a "corporate account" that > groups the activities of many individuals as it makes communication > between the group/company members and other members difficult, and good > communication is a cornerstone of every successful organised editing > activity. I don't know if that's precisely what you meant, but here for info (without judgment either way) Edward On Fri, 18 Oct 2019 at 20:08, David Woolley <[email protected]> wrote: > On 18/10/2019 17:43, Edward Bainton wrote: > > *If an employee edits the map in the course of their employment, has the > > work been adequately licensed to OSM/the big wide Open?* > > > > I think it is true worldwide that employers have the copyright in work > for hire, and only they can licence the use of their copyright. If the > map is being edited at the employers request, the employer should create > an OSM account for such purposes. > > In the UK, if you day job is producing copyrighted maps, you will almost > certainly find that anything you attempt to do on OSM comes under the > employer's copyright. California, in the USA, is a notable exception to > this. > > > _______________________________________________ > Talk-GB mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb >
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