[OSM-legal-talk] Data consumer use cases

[Igor Brejc]

Hi Jonathan,

I'm looking at the Case 2 (publish something based on OSM and nothing
else). I think we need a clarification on what the "unmodified OSM
database" means. For example: it's a common practice to simplify the line
and polygon artwork when producing SVGs or PDFs (to reduce the file size
and make it easier for low-powered mobile devices to render the artwork).
This simplification is done algorithmically, without any external data.
This is just one example.

If there's no consensus on whether this constitutes an unmodified or a
derivative database, then this should also be stated on the page.

Igor

On Fri, Nov 2, 2012 at 4:43 PM, Jonathan Harley <jon at spiffymap.net> wrote:

>
> Goal-oriented wiki page, first draft:
>
> http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/**wiki/License/Use_Cases<http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/License/Use_Cases>
>
> Some points deliberately simplified for readability. C&C welcome.
>
> As I was going through all the ways one might make a derivative database,
> it struck me that there's an obvious way of dodging this - to put whatever
> information you want to display into OSM first. I found the bulk import
> guidelines, but nothing really on what kinds of business data might be
> desirable/undesirable in OSM. Is there anything anywhere that gives
> examples of things we wouldn't want - like marketing slogans and product
> descriptions in place names, for example?
>
> Jonathan.
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