[OSM-legal-talk] legal FAQ license

Frederik Ramm frederik at remote.org
Thu Oct 14 07:42:03 BST 2010


Hi,

Richard Weait wrote:
> Is there some OSM contribution or edit that is so mechanical and/or so
> insignificant that it need never be considered for copyright or
> database right?

Any edit made by a robot - e.g. one that fixes spelling mistakes - 
certainly qualifies for "never be considered for copyright" because 
copyright needs humans to do something; I'm not sure about database 
right though.

Bye
Frederik



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