[OSM-legal-talk] Fair use?

Anthony osm at inbox.org
Fri Oct 8 01:59:34 BST 2010


On Thu, Oct 7, 2010 at 2:36 PM, Prado, Renato (R.P.) <rprado at visteon.com> wrote:
> Hello you all.
>
> This is my first message here, please let me know if I am making any
> mistake regarding the use of this mailing list.
>
> After some reading of the license-related pages in the OSM wiki, I still
> cannot figure out whether my intended use is under the terms of use: I
> intend to create a site where several pools would be carried out, and
> the results would be plotted in a way similar to the heatmap example
> over the OSM background.
>
> Some of those pools would be visible only for paying customers and the
> generated reports would feature OSM static images with the pool data
> plotted over.
>
> I read the "How to credit OpenStreetMap" section and am completely fine
> with complying to that, since my main interest (and source of income)
> would be the pool data, the map would be only a viewing and reporting
> aid.
>
> Could you please give me some advice on whether any of this is against
> the OSM license?

Are the reports going to be released under CC-BY-SA?  If so, I don't
see the problem.



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