[OSM-legal-talk] decision removing data
Rob Myers
rob at robmyers.org
Thu Aug 5 17:41:00 BST 2010
On 08/05/2010 05:09 PM, Anthony wrote:
>
> And OSM is more than just geographical data. A way isn't geographical data.
A way is geographical data. Or possibly geographical metadata. ;-)
> A database on a hard drive *is* in a fixed form. "Fixed" doesn't mean
> "can't be edited", at least not in the sense it's used in copyright
> law.
Yes, this is why I mentioned dance notation.
The fact that the form is fixed on the hard drive is less important than
that it's fixed as a database or as an image encoding. You don't get
synchronization rights on source code.
> So you agree I'm *maybe* right, you're just not sure? Fine, I'll take it.
I agree that you may be right about ways. I would not however stake OSM
on my opinion of this (which hasn't changed in some years) without legal
advice.
> There is selection within a single way. What nodes to use to represent the way.
That selection is for accuracy, not expression.
> No. There is no equivalent to Section 114 of the US code
> (http://www.copyright.gov/title17/92chap1.html#114) for geographical
> databases or cartographic images.
My point is that they are different fixed forms covered by different
aspects of copyright law.
- Rob.
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