<div>The way I see this is:</div>Don't allow the term MOU make you not see The Point of this text and that is a clarification to the license terms.<div>In plain(?) English the Finnish authority says that the OSM community is allowed to use the data _in OSM_ with the articulated clarifications because some in the community have felt that the license is problematic for using this Open Data in OSM.</div>
<div><br></div><div>Unless I misunderstand something here it seems to me that regardless of the MOU (that is most usually drafted in collaboration _and_ signed by two parties) the idea here is that the Finnish authority declares one-sidedly (because OSM community is practically impossible to do 2-sided agreements with) that: </div>
<div>If you abide to these (super-simple) rules/requirements then you are free as in free speech allowed to use the data.</div><div><br></div><div>So, find+replace MOU with "License clarification" and perhaps -- just perhaps-- this seems better?</div>
<div><br></div><div>Or am I missing something (again)?</div><div><br></div><div>Cheers,</div><div>-Jaakko</div><div><div><br></div><div>--</div><div><a href="mailto:jaakko@helleranta.com" target="_blank">jaakko@helleranta.com</a> * Skype: jhelleranta * Mobile: +509-37-269154 * <a href="http://go.hel.cc/MyProfile" target="_blank">http://go.hel.cc/MyProfile</a></div>
<div><br></div>On Tue, Jul 3, 2012 at 11:35 PM, Paul Norman <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:penorman@mac.com" target="_blank">penorman@mac.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
> From: Pekka Sarkola [mailto:<a href="mailto:pekka.sarkola@gispo.fi">pekka.sarkola@gispo.fi</a>]<br>
> Sent: Tuesday, July 03, 2012 9:03 AM<br>
> To: OSM - talk-fi; <a href="mailto:legal-talk@openstreetmap.org">legal-talk@openstreetmap.org</a><br>
> Subject: [OSM-legal-talk] MoU between OSM and NLSF<br>
<div class="im">><br>
> Dear Friends,<br>
><br>
> I have prepared with National Land Survey of Finland Memorandum of<br>
> Understanding (MoU) about usage of their datasets by OpenStreetMap<br>
> activists. Hare is current draft text for everybody to comment:<br>
><br>
> ----<br>
> Memorandum of Understanding<br>
><br>
> This Memorandum of Understanding (hereinafter "MoU") is between the<br>
> National Land Survey of Finland (hereinafter NLSF) and OpenStreetMap<br>
> contributors (hereinafter OSM).<br>
<br>
</div>Who would this agreement be between? It can't be between OSM contributors.<br>
It could be between NLSF and *some* OSM contributors who individually agree<br>
to it but it can't be for all OSM contributors.<br>
<br>
It couldn't impose any requirements on users of NLSF or NLSF-derived data in<br>
OSM, including OSM contributors.<br>
<br>
A MOU is essentially a contract between two parties, but I don't see who the<br>
second party is in this case.<br>
<br>
A contract or MOU makes sense in some cases, like if you are purchasing<br>
commercial imagery, but there's two clear parties then.<br>
<br>
I suppose you could have a data provider who didn't want to make their data<br>
directly publically available but was willing to let people contribute it to<br>
OSM, but such an import might run into problems following the guidelines.<br>
<div class="im"><br>
> OSM are preparing guidelines for all OpenStreetMap data collectors on<br>
> how to include necessary tag-information for the OpenStreetMap data<br>
> features.<br>
<br>
</div>I'm not saying this isn't important - you'd likely to do this as part of the<br>
import process - but does it belong in a MOU?<br>
<div class="HOEnZb"><div class="h5"><br>
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