Really, considering how many discussions about how to map things (just recall all those footway/cycleway discussions) have been on these lists, at least tagging seems to be a creative process right now.
On Mon, Dec 7, 2009 at 7:37 AM, Anthony <[email protected]> wrote: > On Mon, Dec 7, 2009 at 10:11 AM, Ed Avis <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Anthony <osm <at> inbox.org> writes: >> >> >Why do people believe that there no creative copyright in OSM data >> >> >I'm going with that assumption because that's what the OSM, Creative >> Commons, >> >and Open Data Commons, all are telling us. >> >> Do you have sources for that? I haven't seen any statement by the OSMF >> saying that there is no creativity (and hence, in some countries, no >> copyright) >> in the OSM data. >> > > I'm basically going on what I read in > http://www.osmfoundation.org/images/3/3c/License_Proposal.pdf and the > supporting documents. Rereading it, I guess it doesn't come right out and > say that OSM isn't protected by US copyright (although I'd find it extremely > unlikely for such a definitive legal statement to be made even if it were > true). It implies it, though, and says "full background can be read" at > http://www.osmfoundation.org/wiki/License/Why_CC_BY-SA_is_Unsuitable , > which in turn says "*Conclusion*: It is quite likely that OSM data is not > protected by U.S. (and other jurisdictions') copyright laws." About as > definitive of a legal statement as you're likely to get for free. I'm not > sure who the author of that conclusion was, though. But the OSMF seemingly > endorsed it by linking to it for "full background". > > Similarly I don't think Creative Commons have said that. They have >> published >> opinions on what licences might be suitable for factual data, but they >> haven't >> made any pronouncement on the legal status of OSM data in particular. >> > > You're probably right on that. Again, I didn't read the license proposal > carefully enough, and while it makes the implication that CC made that > conclusion, presenting the CC statement: "In the United States, data will be > protected by copyright only if they express creativity." after "Creative > Commons themselves have said several times that CC BY-SA is not suitable for > OSM.", I now realize that this is misleading. > > Good catch. > > _______________________________________________ > talk mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk > >
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