[OSM-legal-talk] Paid services from OSM

[Jonathan Harley]

Frederik Ramm wrote:
> Richard Fairhurst wrote:
>> It only says "you must also _offer_ to recipients" (my emphasis), not  
>> "you must provide in case anyone wants it" - it's like the GPL in  
>> that regard. So you don't have to upload a new dump of the whole  
>> derivative db (or a diff of your changes) every time you update with  
>> a minute diff; you could simply write "e-mail me here for a copy" and  
>> supply it on demand.
> 
> And batch those requests and process them once a week? If that is deemed 
> acceptable we should write it down somewhere. Because I can *just* see 
> someone trying out what happens if he sends you one request per minute ;-)

I don't think we should be too prescriptive about that. The definition
of "reasonable" may well vary in different jurisdictions, and while
I can see someone deciding to see what happens if you make one request
per minute, I can't see them taking it to court.

ISTM that more important than the reasonable minimum time for requests,
is what is the reasonable MAXIMUM time for requests? How long after
publishing my hypothetical local newsletter must I maintain the
data I used for it, and the address I published for requests to be
sent to, which I probably rent from my current ISP?

Since I own my electronically readable "database", shouldn't I be
allowed to delete all copies of it if I want to? Isn't there a
reasonable case that I should be allowed to do this, and become
exempt from providing anyone who asks with a copy of my data?

Clearly, being mandated to maintain copies of any derived works
(just in case someone asks for a copy) at one's own expense,
makes using OSM data *not free*.


Jonathan.
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