On 20 February 2012 12:15, Matze List <[email protected]> wrote: > On Mon, Feb 20, 2012 at 3:38 AM, Dermot McNally <[email protected]> wrote: > The burren way for > example<http://www.irishtrails.ie/maps/BUW%20-%20Map%201%20-%20Lahinch%20to%20Cliffs%20of%20Moher.pdf>has
That map (like most irishtrails maps) is definitely copyright by East-West mapping, who uses OSI as a basemap and add their own tweak. > OSI maps with a disclaimer: "... produced by sports council ... should > not be ... republished without permission from trails office ..." > Now this permission they give, see my initial post. So i guess its ok, > since we have most of the ways in the map already, so we're using sports > council info only to put our ways into a relation, not tracing from the > underlying OSI map. Considering the example of bus routes that often comes up and usually gets an answer of "can't be sure, better not risk it", I'd say it's the same with those maps. I think they definitely _want_ their data to be open, but haven't done the work to check that their upstream sources are compatible with their wishes. I've tried following the maze of policy links before to reach a conclusion myself, and concluded "Can't decide from what I see". For the record, http://trailkilkenny.ie shows theirs walks using a google map with a gpx file overlay (with a link to download the gpx). I contacted them late last year asking "Is the gpx file public domain, or can it be used for such and such ?" and am still waiting for a reply (maybe I should try again). >> That being so, I would, before using any data, outline your interest, >> indicate your desire to use the data under the PSI licence, but asking >> for assurances that the tracks were not derived from a source >> preventing them from offering them so openly. Yup, I think we need to ask for clarifications. Maybe if a few diferent people ask the same question, we'll eventually get an answer :) -- Vincent de Phily _______________________________________________ Talk-ie mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-ie
