<div dir="ltr"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sun, Oct 12, 2008 at 11:41 PM, Denver Gingerich <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:denver@ossguy.com">denver@ossguy.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
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On Sat, Oct 11, 2008 at 6:58 AM, Niklas Cholmkvist wrote:<br>
> Hello,<br>
><br>
> I have a map which the technical service of my local authority gave me<br>
> when I visited their building and asked for a map, showing the<br>
> geographical boundaries of this authority.<br>
><br>
> I now have a letter ready to be sent to them. Since it is in the Greek<br>
> language I've translated it to English, and made it a bit more general,<br>
> so it could point to any local<br>
> authority. I've searched in the wiki a bit in the past for a map use<br>
> request to a local authority, but just found such information scattered<br>
> around. Anyway, here is the letter:<br>
><br>
><br>
</div><div><div></div><div class="Wj3C7c">> Map of Municipality of Sykies<br>
><br>
> To: Technical Service of the Municipality of Sykies – Department of city<br>
> planning & Cadastre<br>
> Address: Lechovou 4<br>
> Postal Address: 566 26<br>
><br>
> Hello,<br>
><br>
> I'm interested in using information that exists on the map and use it<br>
> (either as is or with changes) in a database of the organisation<br>
> openstreetmap. The geographical information that exist in this database<br>
> is licensed under Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported [1].<br>
><br>
> Openstreetmap is an organisation which tries to create a free map where<br>
> volunteers help out with geographical information, from many places of<br>
> the world.<br>
> If it's not possible, may I have your permission to use the information<br>
> of the map of the municipality of Sykies and add them to the database of<br>
> openstreetmap?<br>
><br>
> I'm waiting for your reply<br>
><br>
> My name<br>
> My address and postcode<br>
> My regular phone<br>
> My cell/mobile number<br>
> My email<br>
> Notes:<br>
> [1] : Brief information on the webpage<br>
> <a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/deed.el" target="_blank">http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/deed.el</a><br>
><br>
<br>
</div></div>While your link is correct, the name of the license is not. OSM uses<br>
the 2.0 BY-SA license, whose full name is "Attribution-Share Alike 2.0<br>
Generic".<br>
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> If you have any suggestions on changes, or know of a place in the wiki<br>
> where something like a template for such a letter can be found I would<br>
> be happy.<br>
<br>
</div>I have added the legal-talk list to this thread. This sort of thing<br>
is probably best discussed there instead of the newbies list.<br>
<br>
Denver<br>
<a href="http://ossguy.com/" target="_blank">http://ossguy.com/</a><br>
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<a href="http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/newbies" target="_blank">http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/newbies</a></blockquote><div><br>The license will change, so maybe it's better not to mention a license at all and just say "may I add the data to the openstreetmap database?" <br>
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