Hi, Brian Quinion wrote: > My impression is that it might have implications for whether database > rights apply to OSM data and who owns that protection since it > suggests:
[...] Interesting points. I guess ODbL tries to somehow override the cases where database rights do not arise by saying "well then we have a contract". > 'Remember that a database can attract copyright as well as database > rights. The reduction in the scope of protection under database rights > may mean that the makers of databases seek to rely more on copyright > in order to protect their investment.' Copyright, in connection with databases, never means copyright on the contents, just a copyright on the layout, structure, or modes of access to the database. I don't think there is a lot of copyrightable material like that in OSM, and if it were, then the copyright owners would neither be OSMF nor the mappers, but the individuals who have designed the database. Bye Frederik _______________________________________________ legal-talk mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/legal-talk
