[OSM-legal-talk] Database and its contents

[Grant Slater]

On 23 November 2010 13:23, Grant Slater <openstreetmap at firefishy.com> wrote:
> On 23 November 2010 13:04, Ed Avis <eda at waniasset.com> wrote:
>>
>> As always, the standard reality check applies: if you believe that maps or the
>> data they represent are not covered by copyright, please start large-scale
>> photocopying of some commercial maps, or copying the information from them into
>> another format that you then publish.
>>
>
> Here is some data:
>
> <node id="915100779" lat="51.5798222" lon="-0.3341762" version="2"
> changeset="6058195" user="Walter Schlögl" uid="78656" visible="true"
> timestamp="2010-10-16T14:40:13Z">
> <tag k="name" v="McDonald's"/>
> <tag k="amenity" v="fast_food"/>
> <tag k="cuisine" v="burger"/>
> </node>
>
> The position is a fact, name is a fact, cuisine they serve is a fact,
> along with the other details.
> Facts cannot be copyright. Creative Commons licences are not designed
> for factual information.
>
> Creativity is used in the above data.

Typo, creativity is *NOT* used in the above data.

>Whereas on the rendered map
> http://tile.osm.org/18/130828/87084.png I would argue that creativity
> has been used to choose the icon, position the text/icon and create
> the "halo" around the text/icon, which is all contained in the mapnik
> stylesheet.
>
> Regards
>  Grant
>