[OSM-legal-talk] images are Produced Works

[Simon Ward]

On Tue, Mar 03, 2009 at 09:40:08AM -0500, Richard Weait wrote:
> I see SVG as just another image.  Raster or Vector; the image format is
> not a problem.  […}

> The problem is behaviour.  In this case the potential problem is Some
> Jerk trying to use OSM database without living up to their license
> obligations.

An SVG image may contain a attributes that are far closer to the those
from the orignal data, but that makes 4.7 “Reverse Engineering” no less
applicable.  Just because it is potentially trivial to extract the data
from the SVG file does not mean the licence ceases to apply.

Simon
-- 
A complex system that works is invariably found to have evolved from a
simple system that works.—John Gall
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