[OSM-legal-talk] decision removing data

Tom Hughes tom at compton.nu
Thu Aug 5 14:46:12 BST 2010


On 05/08/10 14:37, Anthony wrote:

> By the way, if you know the history of copyright, you'll know that
> maps were one of the first two types of works which were protected.
> When copyright was invented, it protected books and maps.  The idea
> that copyright does not cover maps is very strange when you consider
> that.

A rendered map (which is all that existed at the time you are talking 
about) of course can be copyright due to the creative nature of the 
cartography making it an artistic work.

A database of geodata is an entirely different matter.

Tom

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