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

[David Groom]

Mikel

I cant see anything in the Contributor Terms which state that if you are only adding  "non-substantial and non-systematic " data then it is OK to import non-compatible data.  So one question is, will the import be carried out through an account which has agreed to the CT's, in which case the import would be a breach of the CT's.

Secondly, obviously I don't know what licence the original data was licensed under, but I would be worried that you might breaching the terms of that licence by importing the data into OSM if the terms of that licence and the OSM licence are incompatible.  Obviuosly the OSM community can give their views on whether importing the data is acceptable to OSM, but we cant give view on whether it would be acceptable to the original licence holder.

Regards

David
 
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Mikel Maron 
  To: legal-talk at openstreetmap.org 
  Sent: Thursday, May 26, 2011 3:18 PM
  Subject: [OSM-legal-talk] Import from Ushahidi Libya Instance


  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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