[OSM-legal-talk] Question regarding commercial use

[Frederik Ramm]

Hi,

Sven Benhaupt wrote:
> My approach would be to setup an own map tile server on Linux with 
> Apache and mod_tile. Then I would write a small map viewer in Java which 
> downloads the map tiles and displays them in our software. 

There's code in JOSM that you can re-use for that (the slippy map 
chooser or the slippy map plugin).

> As far as I have understood from the "Common License Interpretations" 
> wiki page, this is would be a "collective work" since the OSM layer is 
> kept separate and independent from our own data (and our own data has 
> not beeen created by looking on the OSM map). Is this correct?

That would be my interpretation too.

> When I 
> attribute/credit the OSM maps correctly inside my map viewer (text & 
> hyperlinks) would this be a legal use of the OSM map data?

I would say so.

> If so - would it also be legally ok if I would create a "print map" 
> functionality inside my map viewer (also with correct attribution)?

Yes, but the printed map is not a collective work any more; at least 
under CC-BY-SA the printed map would have to be licensed CC-BY-SA, 
*including* the depicted vehicle routes/positions. OSM has no problem 
with that, and your delivery company probably hasn't either (remember, 
CC-BY-SA does not mean you have to put it up on a web site or something, 
just that anyone who legally gets hold of such a printout may do 
whatever he or she likes with it).

So for example if you should decide to produce and publish a yearly 
report on your business and you include a OSM map with the routes of all 
your delivery vehicles then others would be allowed to trace off and 
publish these routes.

Bye
Frederik