[OSM-legal-talk] Fwd: Re: [OSM-talk] OSM layerinto Adobe Illustrator?

[Robert Hart]

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> From: legal-talk-bounces at openstreetmap.org [mailto:legal-talk-
> bounces at openstreetmap.org] On Behalf Of Robert (Jamie) Munro
> Sent: 27 February 2007 15:09
> To: rob at robmyers.org; legal-talk at openstreetmap.org
> Subject: Re: [OSM-legal-talk] Fwd: Re: [OSM-talk] OSM layerinto Adobe
> Illustrator?
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> rob at robmyers.org wrote:
> > Quoting "Robert (Jamie) Munro" <rjmunro at arjam.net>:
> >
> >> I work for a design company that designs the signs at a University.
> Some
> >> of these are big maps of the campus.
> >>
> >> What is the point in me adding data to OSM when I can't then use
other
> >> data for my work.
> >
> > Which specific data do you feel BY-SA will prevent you from adding
to
> > your work?
> 
> I can't use any BY-SA data in my work because I can't ask the client
to
> SA work they have paid me for and expect them to understand what this
> means and agree that it is a good idea. It's hard enough to persuade
> them that it's OK to use linux on their servers.

They have a choice between:
1) Paying for OS or other proprietary data
2) Paying somebody to create their own data
3) Using OSM data for free, but accepting the provisos that go with it

As long as you are passing on a saving to them, then I'm sure they'll
consider it, if not, then it's not OSMs fault.

> What about if they want to use the map in a private staff manual?

As I understand it, the OSM license would only apply to the map within
the manual, not the manual as a whole. In any case I don't think SA is
really a major headache for something of relatively limited distribution
is it?



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