[OSM-legal-talk] Database and its contents

[ce-test, qualified testing bv - Gert Gremmen]

>If you think the position of this restaurant is a fact then you really need to watch the Horizon documentary where Alan Davis tries to measure the length of a piece of string: 

> http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p00574dv <http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p00574dv> 



Any fact has a margin of error, an "error in representation" is something else as creativity.

 

Gert Gremmen

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Van: legal-talk-bounces at openstreetmap.org [mailto:legal-talk-bounces at openstreetmap.org] Namens 80n
Verzonden: Tuesday, November 23, 2010 3:15 PM
Aan: Licensing and other legal discussions.
Onderwerp: Re: [OSM-legal-talk] Database and its contents

 

On Tue, Nov 23, 2010 at 1:28 PM, Grant Slater <openstreetmap at firefishy.com> wrote:

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.


If you think the position of this restaurant is a fact then you really need to watch the Horizon documentary where Alan Davis tries to measure the length of a piece of string: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p00574dv



	> 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
	>
	
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