[OSM-legal-talk] License clarification question

[Jukka Rahkonen]

Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason <avarab at ...> writes:

> 
> There's a license FAQ [1] which I think should answer your question.
> whether your POI data is derived work would depend on whether you use
> OSM data to place those POIs. I presume you have them already in some
> database however and just wish to use OSM as a backdrop, in which case
> that would be considered a separate dataset.
> 
> Any modifications to the OSM data itself however would need to be
> published as the CC-BY-SA dictates.
> 
> 1. http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Common_licence_interpretations
> 

What about if users are finding errors in the POI data that are shown on top of
OSM data and they are suggesting corrections?  After first correction somebody
will claim that your POI data is derived from OSM. I don't know what would
happen if you build another system for user feedback.  Perhaps somebody will say
that even your feedback system itself does not show OSM data, the error was
maybe still noticed by comparing POIs with OSM data. It would be better to have
some other procedure that is separated from map application for updating the POI
data, even it may feel lunatic.

-Jukka Rahkonen-