[OSM-legal-talk] Updated geocoding community guideline proposal

[Alex Barth]

On Mon, Nov 3, 2014 at 8:56 AM, Martin Koppenhoefer <dieterdreist at gmail.com>
wrote:

> where in one of the first paragraphs there is this unproven claim:
>
> "
>
> Geocoding Results are a Produced Work by the definition of the ODbL
> (section 1.):
>
> “Produced Work” – a work (such as an image, audiovisual material, text, or
> sounds) resulting from using the whole or a Substantial part of the
> Contents (via a search or other query) from this Database, a Derivative
> Database, or this Database as part of a Collective Database."
>
>
A geocoding result is created via a search or a query. It's a Produced
Work. A work can specifically be a database, see
http://www.out-law.com/page-5698, "Databases are treated as a class of
literary works and may therefore receive copyright protection for the
selection and/or arrangement of the contents under the terms of the
Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988." (UK law)

This is clearly a possible reading of the ODbL and it would enable
geocoding.
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