16 Jul 2020, 16:33 by [email protected]:
> On 16/07/2020 13:35, Russell Nelson wrote:
>
>> As you say, it's just a listing of facts about the world. At most the
>> presentation of them is copyrightable, but as Skyler noted, he's changing
>> the presentation.
>>
>> No license needed for facts.
>>
>
> Remember, that might the law in the USA, but not in the whole world,
> including the UK, where (lots of) the OSM servers & legal body is based,
> which can have the “sweat of the brow” doctrine, rather than the higher
> “creativity” requirement. In addition, many countries (incl. EU & UK) have
> “sui generis database rights”, which give copyright like protections to
> collections of facts. OSM uses that legal protection.
I am not a lawyer, but I am pretty sure
that it is not relevant to the data published
by New York State (that was produced
in US jurisdiction).
> Regardless, OSM is not a forum to explore the grey areas of international
> copyright law. If we're not sure, we don't use it! 🙂
>
+1, but hopefully with some research we
may becone sure what is the legal situation
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