[OSM-legal-talk] Storing OSM Data in a proprietary format

[Simon Poole]

Hi Matthias

I believe your use case is covered by ODbL 4.7, given that distributing
the data in a format that would have to be at least reverse-engineered
for extraction is clearly a technological measure. 4.7 simply requires
you, in your use case, to make the data available parallel in an open
format.

Further if you are simply transforming OSM data without any interesting
changes
http://wiki.osmfoundation.org/wiki/License/Community_Guidelines/Trivial_Transformations_-_Guideline
will apply which allows you to point back at the OSMF for anybody who
wants to have access to the original data.

Simon

Am 21.07.2014 19:02, schrieb Matthias Schmid:
> Hi, 
> I have a question regarding the application of the ODbL. Currently, I am
> evaluating the obligations using the OSM Data for a client application. 
> My question regards the storage of OSM Data (data under the ODbL) in a
> proprietary format (the format is copyrighted and not available under an
> open and/or free license). 
> My understanding is that using substantial parts of the database and
> re-arrangement of the OSM data creates a Derivative Database, which requires
> to be provided under the terms of ODbL (Section 4.4 ODbL).  My understanding
> so far is further, that this applies, even if the Contents are not changed
> and only the structure of the database is changed. What I am struggling to
> understand is how this works in case of a proprietary format (format of the
> database), see Section 2.2.a ODbL? 
> Likely this question was raised before. Unfortunately, I was not able to
> find anything specific so far.  I found this “Use-Case”
> (http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Open_Data_License/Use_Cases#Using_OSM_data_in_a_computer_game_together_with_other_data_sources),
> but the answer does not seem to really help say how the “open derivative
> database” works with the proprietary format.
> If anybody can help me with understanding this more clearly or point me to a
> previous discussion of this topic, that would be great. Thank you in
> advance.
> Matthias Schmid
> 
> 
> 
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