[OSM-legal-talk] Size of NearMap Contribution

[Frederik Ramm]

Hi,

Francis Davey wrote:
> Has anyone given much thought to how this works for the sui generis
> database right of the European Union?

Certainly the EU hasn't, the whole database right is written for a world 
where company X pays employees to gather data.

> I am wondering (as others have wondered) where the "substantial
> investment" is?

Fair question. I'd say the substantial investment lies in operating the 
servers and generally rallying the community. I am certain that the 
number of man-days invested by OSMF in its entirety (i.e. all working 
groups, board, technical team etc.) is "substantial" compared even to 
the most prolific individual mapper. But then again these people would 
probably do what they do even if they were not the formal OSMF but just 
a bunch of hackers!

Bye
Frederik