21 Oct 2019, 13:47 by [email protected]: > I meant you should use an account that clearly belongs to the company. I > guess you could have an account for each relevant employee, but that will > cause problems when an employee changes job, either internally, or to another > employer. > One can operate multiple accounts. I would say that it is preferable to have separate accounts for bot edits, paid edits and hobby edits.
And single account for a company is a communication nightmare. > > Definitely do not use the same account to submit personal contributions and > company ones. > > > On 21/10/2019 12:37, Edward Bainton wrote: > >> 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] >> <mailto:[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] <mailto:[email protected]> >> https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb >> > > > > _______________________________________________ > Talk-GB mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb >
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