On Tue, Nov 23, 2010 at 1:28 PM, Grant Slater <[email protected]>wrote:
> On 23 November 2010 13:23, Grant Slater <[email protected]> > wrote: > > On 23 November 2010 13:04, Ed Avis <[email protected]> wrote: > >> > >> As always, the standard reality check applies: if you believe that maps > or the > >> data they represent are not covered by copyright, please start > large-scale > >> photocopying of some commercial maps, or copying the information from > them into > >> another format that you then publish. > >> > > > > Here is some data: > > > > <node id="915100779" lat="51.5798222" lon="-0.3341762" version="2" > > changeset="6058195" user="Walter Schlögl" uid="78656" visible="true" > > timestamp="2010-10-16T14:40:13Z"> > > <tag k="name" v="McDonald's"/> > > <tag k="amenity" v="fast_food"/> > > <tag k="cuisine" v="burger"/> > > </node> > > > > The position is a fact, name is a fact, cuisine they serve is a fact, > > along with the other details. > If you think the position of this restaurant is a fact then you really need to watch the Horizon documentary where Alan Davis tries to measure the length of a piece of string: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p00574dv > Facts cannot be copyright. Creative Commons licences are not designed > > for factual information. > > > > Creativity is used in the above data. > > Typo, creativity is *NOT* used in the above data. > > >Whereas on the rendered map > > http://tile.osm.org/18/130828/87084.png I would argue that creativity > > has been used to choose the icon, position the text/icon and create > > the "halo" around the text/icon, which is all contained in the mapnik > > stylesheet. > > > > Regards > > Grant > > > > _______________________________________________ > legal-talk mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/legal-talk >
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