[OSM-legal-talk] ODbL, CTs and tracing GPS tracks

[TimSC]

On 17/08/10 08:58, Jukka Rahkonen wrote
> I have understood that uploaded GPS track logs that we have now are
> effectively public domain. They are facts (even they do not allways
> tell the truth) and they miss all the creativity so they are not copyrightable.
>    
Since there was "substantial investment" in obtaining the data, don't 
database rights come into play?

TimSC