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

[rob at robmyers.org]

Quoting Frederik Ramm <frederik at remote.org>:

> 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.

Most obviously by not giving back any new data. Less obviously by creating
instances where the community have lost rights over the original material and
material that exploits that value.

> 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.

They cannot take your work and produce their own proprietary 
derivative. So they
cannot do the exact same thing you have.

- Rob.