[OSM-legal-talk] Using OSM data, to generate game worlds. How does the license apply to projects like this?

[Mateusz Konieczny]

And if you want on wiki claims conflicting with that - 
can you link page where you found them?


Feb 10, 2021, 22:19 by legal-talk at openstreetmap.org:

> Hi Lucas,
>
> Please see the Community Guidelines
> (https://wiki.osmfoundation.org/wiki/Licence/Community_Guidelines), in
> particular https://wiki.osmfoundation.org/wiki/Licence/Community_Guidelines/Trivial_Transformations_-_Guideline,
> which seems particularly applicable to your situation.
>
> Note that the openstreetmap wiki, as opposed to the osmfoundation
> wiki/website, is unofficial and any answer you find on the regular
> wiki should be treated as the opinion of the individual who edited the
> wiki, not the position of OSMF.
>
> Best,
> Kathleen
>
>
>
> On Wed, Feb 10, 2021 at 12:51 PM darkdanube <darkdanube94 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>>
>> Hi!
>>
>> I would like to develop a game, which uses OpenStreetMap data to generate game maps, and game assets ( like 3D models ). The 3rd point of Legal FAQ is a bit confusing to me. Are the generated objects considered as "Derivative Database"? Is it enough to clearly acknowledge, that I use OSM data in the game? The OSM datas are not altered, but a completely new dataset is generated from it.
>>
>> I've found a similar question in the wiki, about "using OSM data in a computer game together with other data sources". It states, that "OK as long as the games company also provides an offer of the open derivative DB free from technical measures in parallel. Otherwise, its explicitly disallowed."
>> Is the "derivative DB" the subset of openstreetmap data, that I use in the game? Or does this also include the generated game objects, and the algorithm to generate them as well?
>> Does "provides an offer" mean, that I can charge the development costs ( or more ) for someone, who wants to acquire the game files in an accessible format?
>>
>> I do not wish to make the generated objects ( 3D models, game maps, etc...) freely available, and I also could not afford to open source the game, and the code, which generates the game objects from OSM data. It would mean, that anyone could get a free copy of my work.
>>
>> What if I convert the required OSM data to a proprietary format first, and then import that in the game? In that case, the game could even work with other sources, which produce that proprietary format, not just OSM.
>>
>> What if the game objects are generated on a server and sent to the players machine, when they visit a new area in the game? There is not really a constant database then, but an ever changing one.
>>
>> There are some commercial games available, which use OSM data, like Pokemon Go, 911 Emergency Manager, etc... I am not able to find any website or offer, where folks could download their derived databases. How did they solve it?
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Lucas
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