[OSM-legal-talk] Place name translations

[Martin Koppenhoefer]

On 16/giu/2013, at 12:14, Eugene Alvin Villar <seav80 at gmail.com> wrote:

>> that's indeed interesting, how can they throw the original viral licenses of Wikipedia overboard?
> 
> Based on what I've seen, what they are copying from Wikipedia are data and facts. In the US, facts are not copyrightable as facts do not originate from creative authorship and there are no database rights in the US either.


but the wikipedia terms of use require you to attribute, for instance. If the terms wouldn't apply in this case, couldn't we start to copy facts from other maps just as well?

cheers,
Martin
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