Hi, > Out of interest, what is it about Yahoo's geocoding that make it > incompatible with OSM? As I understand it, you cannot copyright facts. > No doubt it's far more complex than that.
If it were true that facts cannot be copyrighted (or subjected to other usage restrictions via the database directive), then OSM's own license would be moot. Our license is built on the assumption that we *do* have a copyright on the facts as collected by us and thus can dictate the conditions under which someone may use them. So if Yahoo is anything like us they will assume that your usage of their geocoding makes your database a derivative of their database and they have a say in how you use it. If you wish to discuss these matters in more detail, ask on the legal-talk list. Bye Frederik -- Frederik Ramm ## eMail [EMAIL PROTECTED] ## N49°00'09" E008°23'33" _______________________________________________ talk mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openstreetmap.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/talk
