[OSM-legal-talk] OS Opendata & the new license

[Kevin Cordina]

But isn't mapping based on third-party data (I.e. The aerial imaging you mention) precisely the point of this discussion?  It may not be possible under the proposed new CTs/licence.  To my mind there is no difference between an automatic import of data and a human copying from one source to another.

Kevin


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From: legal-talk-bounces at openstreetmap.org <legal-talk-bounces at openstreetmap.org>
To: John Smith <deltafoxtrot256 at gmail.com>
Cc: Licensing and other legal discussions. <legal-talk at openstreetmap.org>
Sent: Tue Sep 28 17:45:18 2010
Subject: Re: [OSM-legal-talk] OS Opendata & the new license

2010/9/28 John Smith <deltafoxtrot256 at gmail.com>:
> On 29 September 2010 02:28, M∡rtin Koppenhoefer <dieterdreist at gmail.com> wrote:
>> OK, lets not confuse issues here, one is to perform the import, the
>> other is maintenance and updates of the data.
>
> How is maintenance of imported data any different than maintenance of
> non-imported data?


thing is if you have non-imported data, there is usually someone who
is caring for it. If you do imports, there might be someone but mostly
is probably not, otherwise you wouldn't be constrained to make the
import. Generally it is easier to find people interested in mapping
from scratch (or a basic skeleton) than people interested in fixing an
imported mess/data. I know that in some areas with low population
density it is hard to map, and it is surely much easier in central
Europe, so if good sources are available I would also try to get hand
on them. On the other hand in my area (we also got sufficiently nice
aerial imagery since May this year, covering the whole country) I
prefer to map stuff myself with the other folk of the community.

cheers,
Martin

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