[OSM-legal-talk] Licensing

Etienne 80n80n at gmail.com
Thu Jul 6 15:50:53 BST 2006


Dan
You can only upload data from any tool if you have an OSM account.  You see
this notice when you get an account.  If you upload from JOSM then you
already saw and acknowledge that your data would be covered by this license.

Data created by JOSM is yours until you upload it.

Etienne

On 7/6/06, Dan Karran <dan at karran.net> wrote:
>
> On 7/6/06, David Groom <reviews at pacific-rim.net> wrote:
>
> > When you create an account on OSM  the web page has the following text
> on
> > it:
> >
> > "Fill in the form, we'll send you an email to confirm you're you and
> > activate your account.
> >
> > By creating an account, you agree that all work uploaded to
> > openstreetmap.org and all data created by use of any tools on
> > openstreetmap.org is to be licensed under this Creative Commons
> license."
>
> Surely we can't impose a licence on people for the data they create in
> any of the tools? I would have thought it would only be at the point
> where that data is being shared with OpenStreetMap, and only at that
> point the licence should apply. Otherwise it's like Microsoft saying,
> for example, that all users of MS Word must licence the data they
> create and store on their own machine under the licence of their
> choosing...
>
>
> (just my 2 euro cents)
>
> Dan
>
> --
> Dan Karran
> dan at karran.net
> www.dankarran.com
>
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