Jonathan Harley wrote: > Frederik Ramm wrote: >> Richard Fairhurst wrote: >>> It only says "you must also _offer_ to recipients" (my emphasis), not >>> "you must provide in case anyone wants it" - it's like the GPL in >>> that regard. So you don't have to upload a new dump of the whole >>> derivative db (or a diff of your changes) every time you update with >>> a minute diff; you could simply write "e-mail me here for a copy" and >>> supply it on demand. >> >> And batch those requests and process them once a week? If that is deemed >> acceptable we should write it down somewhere. Because I can *just* see >> someone trying out what happens if he sends you one request per minute ;-) > > I don't think we should be too prescriptive about that. The definition > of "reasonable" may well vary in different jurisdictions, and while > I can see someone deciding to see what happens if you make one request > per minute, I can't see them taking it to court.
<veers off on a tangent> A propos of this general discussion, I wonder if the best solution would be to admit a freely-available program - e.g. osm2pgsql - as a valid diff. cheers Richard _______________________________________________ legal-talk mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/legal-talk