[OSM-legal-talk] Triggering ShareAlike in Government

[Simon Poole]

In the case of the ODbL this would depend on the ownership and legal
status of the mapping agency (actually it seems as if the ODbL has a
tiny issue in that while parent->owned entity is considered non-public
and ok, the other way around not, something for 1.1). I don't believe 
CC by-SA 2.0 has any such exemption and as I read it, any
"distribution", even non-public, triggers SA. However this would only
start having consequences if the Ministry of the Environment was
actually distributing the data further (if SA was triggered in the case
of the ODbL the derived DB would have to be made available).

IANAL

Simon

Am 18.06.2012 05:59, schrieb Kate Chapman:
> Hi All,
>
> I have a question about what would trigger the ShareAlike in the
> context of government. Let's say for example a National Mapping Agency
> takes the OpenStreetMap road data for their area and then improves
> upon it. Those improvements are shared with the Ministry of the
> Environment. Is that redistribution?
>
> Thanks,
>
> -Kate
>
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