[OSM-legal-talk] Import from Ushahidi Libya Instance

[Mikel Maron]

You may be aware, UN OCHA has been coordinating a Ushahidi instance to map 
reports from the the Libya Crisis. http://libyacrisismap.net/. OSM is the base 
map.

They've geocoded about 150 places and POI, and have recruited OSM folks to 
conflate this list with OpenStreetMap.
http://internal.libyacrisismap.net/volunteers/team-geolocation/coordinates-database


The issue is that the source for the geocoding is listed, but not always 
licensed under a license compatible with OSM.

Even if locations were derived from non-compatible license sources,  my thinking 
has been that this is "non-substantial and non-systematic",  and therefore might 
be permissible to import. Data is only collected based on select  needs to 
geocode reports. The numbers are just over 150. According  to the Substantial 
Guideline of the ODbL, an extract from OSM like this  would not trigger the 
viral terms of the license.
http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Open_Data_License/Substantial_-_Guideline
 
Question  is then twofold. One, we haven't yet adopted the ODbL, so how much 
could a guideline apply. And two, how  does the concept of non-substantial apply 
to importing data? I think there's a good chance it's  ok, in which case all 
data could be brought in. The alternative would then be to exempt particular POI 
from conflation, or  simply geocode them again using fully clear sources.

Thoughts?
Mikel

 == Mikel Maron ==
+14152835207 @mikel s:mikelmaron
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