[OSM-legal-talk] Is this click through agreement compatible with OSM?

SteveC steve at asklater.com
Sun Dec 12 13:02:32 GMT 2010


Making sure mike sees this thread... He's been talking to the same people I believe.

Steve

stevecoast.com

On Dec 11, 2010, at 1:27 PM, Steve Bennett <stevagewp at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Fri, Dec 10, 2010 at 9:16 AM, Gregory Arenius <gregory at arenius.com> wrote:
>> city changed the click through to address those problems.  The agreement is
>> located here: http://gispub02.sfgov.org/website/sfshare/index2.asp.
> 
> See this clause:
>> These Terms of Use do not grant You any title or right to any such intellectual property rights that the City or others may have in the GIS Data.
> 
> Translation: "You don't own it."
> 
> Now see this clause:
>> You agree to only add Contents for which You are the copyright holder
> 
> Translation: "You don't own it, you can't add it."
> 
> (I'm glad this isn't just about Nearmap now.)
> 
> Steve
> 
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