[OSM-legal-talk] Ordnance data
rob at robmyers.org
rob at robmyers.org
Wed Feb 20 10:25:20 GMT 2008
Quoting SteveC <steve at asklater.com>:
> And you believe NavTeq and TeleAtlas are also built on a house of cards?
>
> Are the Nokia and TomTom due diligence people really that stupid?
No, but they are big corporations with expensive lawyers who are good
at drafting impressive-looking EULAs that would be costly to challenge
in court.
They may also be using the DMCA/EUCD if the data is encrypted,
although I don't know whether that would apply to non-copyrightable
data (no-one has ever answered me when I've asked that). And, no, I
don't think OSM should be encrypted and enforce copyleft through DRM
law. ;-)
- Rob.
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