[OSM-legal-talk] NSW LPI permission

[Simon Poole]

I would have to strongly agree with Robert. Matter of fact my position
is that we have in the past been too lenient in this respect and should
be much more strict going forward matching the growth of OSM and its
usage globally.

Unluckily the situation that IP law tends to be very territorial and OSM
very global (in that any data you have added will be used everywhere)
boils down to really only a small selection of input licences that are
acceptable.

I should note that the LWG hasn't discussed the situation in question
(for lack of being asked for one) and I personally haven't come to a
conclusion yet either.

Simon

Am 28.12.2015 um 11:19 schrieb Robert Whittaker (OSM lists):
> On 21 December 2015 at 16:48, Tom Lee <tlee at mapbox.com> wrote:
>> The key thing here is that OSM *itself* would clearly be in compliance with
>> LPI's terms. I think that's the bar that has to be cleared.
> I have to disagree here. OSM is not just about OSM's own use of the
> data, it is also about providing data to others under a standard
> licence. It is therefore imperative that any data contributed to OSM
> may be used freely by downstream users under the standard OSM licence
> (currently ODbL) without any additional restrictions. The bar that has
> to be cleared is not just that OSM's own use of the data is ok, but
> also everyone else's downstream use under the ODbL will be ok.
>
> I'm not making any comment as to whether the data under discussion
> meets this criterion, but if it's possible for some to take OSM data
> and re-use it under the ODbL and comply with all the ODbL terms, and
> yet still violate the original the terms of the supply, then it's not
> be ok to use that data in OSM.
>
> Robert.
>


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