On 24/02/2009 17:02, Mike Harris wrote: > Fwiw - I hold the view that the OS cannot own the status in any way as it is > the Highway Authority that decides / maintains the status. The only way the > OS even know about the status is by the Highway Authority telling them - as > they do (and a few years later the OS *might* amend their mapping! - ...
But you are overlooking Database Copyright. It's not the individual facts, but the way in which they are collated as a collection that is copyrightable. So if you are taking the information off their map, you are, in effect, ripping off their database. And yes, they do claim copyright over grid references, when they are derived from their maps. See the letter they sent to licensees about superimposing items geolocated from OS maps on top of Google maps recently. You can't wish this copyright stuff away by disagreeing with it! David _______________________________________________ talk mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk
