[OSM-legal-talk] compatibility with CC licenses

[Grant Slater]

Gustav Foseid wrote:
>
> A user in the EU downloads the database (planet.osm in OSM), modifies 
> it (simplifies ways and merges dual carriageways, for instance) and 
> puts this derived database (planet-modified.osm) on a FTP server, 
> along with a readme.txt containing the license, in a zip file. Another 
> user in the EU, downloads this copy, unzips the archive and puts all 
> the files in the zip archive in a folder on a FTP server. A person in 
> the USA, not related to the creation or publishing of the database, 
> makes a web page with a direct link to just the database 
> (planet-modified.osm). Then Small Company CTO downloads the database 
> from this link, having never seen the license text and working in a 
> jurisdiction without copyright protection (or related rights) for 
> databases. Can the CTO use the database in his brand new product 
> without any restrictions? Who, if any, can the creator of the original 
> database take to court?

There has been some discussion of adding a tag into the planet.osm 
header detailing that the data is licensed.
Also adding some contract text on http://planet.openstreetmap.org/ to 
cover our non-eu-database-right friends.

/ Grant