<p dir="ltr">This reminds me : Do we have a collection of approved / acceptable texts for the agreement / statement somewhere? <br>
The only texts that I have seen (not that I would have looked for examples much) are the HOT templates for data contributions. </p>
<p dir="ltr">-Jaakko <br>
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<div class="gmail_quote">On Nov 21, 2013 5:22 AM, "Simon Poole" <<a href="mailto:simon@poole.ch">simon@poole.ch</a>> wrote:<br type="attribution"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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(IMHO naturally) From a content pov, an agreement or a statement
from a contributing agency should be based roughly on the terms laid
down in the contributor terms
(<a href="http://www.osmfoundation.org/wiki/License/Contributor_Terms" target="_blank">http://www.osmfoundation.org/wiki/License/Contributor_Terms</a>).
They should mainly grant the OSMF the rights listed in (2) and it
would be nice if they would make a statement to the fact that they
actually own the necessary rights in the data to do so. <br>
<br>
Simon<br>
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<div>Am 20.11.2013 20:28, schrieb Fernando
Trebien:<br>
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<div dir="ltr">It's a very similar situation indeed, Jaakko. Here
such forms would take years to get processed sometimes, it all
depends on the good will of who receives the request. I've
noticed that this "will" is more responsive when the person
knows how to answer, or at least knows who to delegate the
request to (specially if this person is not a very specialized
busy top manager), so simple and easy questions are more
effective at getting a clear answer faster.
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<div>Wish you luck as well!<br>
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<div>On Wed, Nov 20, 2013 at 4:24 PM, Jaakko Helleranta.com
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<div dir="ltr">Same situation in Nicaragua. Many
here say: Oh, it's all public domain! .. where
they merely mean, We have it and can give it to
you. Or: It's online and no one will protest
(immediately at least) if you put it in OSM.
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<div>The written permission (for which there are
existing forms) is critical -- and I'm afraid
that you'll likely not get that...</div>
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<div>Wishing you all the best, of course.</div>
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at 1:19 PM, Fernando Trebien <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:fernando.trebien@gmail.com" target="_blank">fernando.trebien@gmail.com</a>></span>
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<div>Thank you, Simon. You are
correct, the LABGEO cartographers I
have talked to don't seem to have
access to any formal statement
(contracts, laws, etc.) that ensures
the data is truly "public domain" as
they say. It is also possible that
existing written statements would
not clearly answer essential
questions concerning ODbL
compatibility. Considering some
other problems (such as uninformed
and uninterested Brazilian
authorities, and lack of court
decisions that would help us
interpret the law), I believe that
getting them to write down exactly
what we need them to agree with
would be safer for us and also more
productive for us and for them.<br>
<br>
Since these authorities often
erroneously equate "public domain"
with "free" or "open" (not even
knowing the differences between the
two), I believe the questions for
them should be:<br>
- how they expect their attribution
to be visible to end users through
OSM; and<br>
- whether the data can be used for
commercial purposes.<br>
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<div>I don't know if these questions
are enough, so I would like to hear
your opinions and suggestions.<br>
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<div>Finally, we have already studied
the data and found the conversion
rather easy to do. Importing would
probably require some coordinated
effort, but for now it is the legal
aspect that completely prevents us
from beginning. Also, I think it
would be fairer if the copyright
page included a linked to the wiki
page you mentioned, so that all
contributors enjoy some similar
level of visibility.<br>
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<div>Regards,<br>
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<div>Fernando<br>
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<div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Nov
19, 2013 at 12:25 PM, Simon Poole
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Hi Fernando<br>
<br>
I gather from your questions
that they are currently not
distributing the data under a
(well-)known licence or on any
other documented terms?<br>
<br>
In any case before spending to
much effort on trying to nail
down the legal side, you
really need to clarify if this
is suitable data for OSM and
if yes, if there is a process
that will result in something
that is digestible by the
Brazilian community. So I
would strongly suggest at
least starting with the steps
outlined in <a href="http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Import/Guidelines" target="_blank">http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Import/Guidelines</a>
<br>
<br>
As to being mentioned on <a href="http://www.openstreetmap.org/copyright" target="_blank">http://www.openstreetmap.org/copyright</a>
, there is no written in stone
policy who gets on that page,
in the past it seems to have
been used as an extra
bargaining chip in
negotiation. Being listed
there does not in any way
indicate that the
contributions are or were more
important than contributions
from the individuals and
organisations listed here <a href="http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Contributors" target="_blank">http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Contributors</a>
. Clearly there is a practical
desire to keep the list on the
copyright page as short as
possible. Down the road we may
have better mechanisms to
build the attribution pages
and then that may change. So
for now it would depend on the
outcome of any necessary
negotiations. <br>
<br>
Simon<br>
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<div>Hello everyone,<br>
<br>
I've recently
contacted an
institute (LABGEO)
within a public
university here in
Brazil (UFRGS) and
they've shown
interest in
contributing to
OSM their data,
which includes
roads, land
contours,
vegetation data,
maybe even
geological data
(it is a pretty
extensive
database). They
would also like to
be listed as a
contributor here
in this page: <a href="http://www.openstreetmap.org/copyright" target="_blank">http://www.openstreetmap.org/copyright</a><br>
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Though there may be
a few details left
to check yet,
they've stated so
far that the dada is
already regularly
used for commercial
purposes by many
Brazilian companies
at zero cost. So
here's my question:
what kind of
statement do they
have to provide so
that they get listed
in that page? What
questions does the
statement need to
answer?<br>
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