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

[Frederik Ramm]

Should have gone to the list:

Hi,

Rob Myers:
>> Unless you are trying to deny value to the community by making a  
>> proprietary
>> derivative.

Robert (Jamie) Munro:
> How does a proprietary derivative "deny value to the community"?

Exactly what I wanted to say.

Rob Myers:
>> What you do not do is create a proprietary work. That is, you cannot
>> prevent others from doing what you have in order to disadvantage  
>> them.

Creating a proprietary work from OSM data would never prevent others  
from doing what I have; everybody could do the exact same thing I  
did. And the "in order to disadvantage them" part is an allegation  
far beyond sensible discussion.

Bye
Frederik

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