[OSM-legal-talk] License Use Case

[Xavier Loiseau]

Hi Frederik,



Thank you very much for you previous answer !

(When you write "picture ID", I presume that you mean an identifier of any kind used internally in the web server to identify a picture.)
(When you write "location", I presume that you mean the latitude & longitude (not the address) where the picture has been taken.)



Let us suppose (as you mentioned) that the web server contains an OSM derived database
associating each picture identifier with the latitude & longitude where the picture has been taken.

Moreover, let us suppose that a user wants to keep private an address (and the latitude & longitude of the address) he provides:
- The user can still upload a picture through the web site to the web server, providing the address where the picture has been taken,
- But the user can also indicate through the web site that the address (and the latitude & longitude of the address) must not be published.

As a consequence, such users might not want the OSM derived database (described above) to be published.

Is there any solution to protect the privacy of such users while complying with the ODbL license ?




Thank you very much for your help.

Xavier