At freemap.sk we have choosen not to import wikipedia POIs into OSM database to prevent long discussions about unclear copyright and other rights.
We have Wikipedia as transparent click-able overlay with popups with short description of WIKIPEDIA POI and also with direct link to Wikipedia article. http://dev.freemap.sk/?zoom=10&lat=48.47825459688335&lon=18.094623150449117&; maplayers=Wikipedia&maplayer=Standard Dodi > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:talk- > [email protected]] On Behalf Of Russ Nelson > Sent: Wednesday, May 06, 2009 4:54 PM > To: Talk Openstreetmap > Subject: Re: [OSM-talk] Wikipedia POI import? > > > On May 6, 2009, at 1:14 AM, Rob Reid wrote: > >> > > Excellent, so there is nothing to stop me tracing my entire town off > > Google Imagery into osm, since all I would be doing is choosing > points > > off their aerial photograghs and they are not contributing in any > > way to > > me doing that? > > WHERE do you guys get these weird ideas about copyright from? Do you > think the garbage man has copyright interest in your OSM work because > he's contributing to your efforts by taking out your trash? What > about the company that built your computer? SURELY you could not edit > OSM without their contribution. What about the ISP that carried the > imagery to your computer? You can bet that THEY think they share > copyright in your online works. How could you have produced them > without your ISP, so your ISP owns everything you edit online. > > Copyright protects creativity (or sweat of the brow). It doesn't > protect "contributions" to creativity. Think of the lawsuits if it > did! Why, I'm contributing to your OSM efforts by clarifying > copyright for you, so I would have a copyright interest in your OSM > edits if your theory was correct. > > -- > Russ Nelson - http://community.cloudmade.com/blog - > http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/User:RussNelson > [email protected] - Twitter: Russ_OSM - > http://openstreetmap.org/user/RussNelson > > > _______________________________________________ > talk mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk _______________________________________________ talk mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk
