[OSM-legal-talk] Images ineligible to copyright as a simple shapes (OSM Wiki)

[Mateusz Konieczny]

Mar 8, 2021, 19:43 by kathleen.lu at mapbox.com:

> At least in the US, the threshold is quite low, and I would say all of your examples meet the threshold.
> (For road signs, but not icons, there's also separately the issue of fair use.)
>
:(

Now I am worried about some other things from
https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Category:PD-licensed_as_below_threshold_of_originality

https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/File:Multipolygon_Illustration_3_de_plus_benachbarte_fl%C3%A4che.svg

https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/File:Mapbox-680.png

https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/File:Amenity_stripclub-icon.png

https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/File:Amenity_stripclub.svg

https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/File:Brasil_history_points.svg

https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/File:Icon-Edit-map.png


> I do note that all of your examples came from the same user. Have you tried contacting that user? 
>
Yes. https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/User_talk:Sergionaranja

Replied to request in 2014, but I am not sure how can I interpret this and it applies 
to only subset at best.

Q: Would it be OK for you to let us distribute your icons alongside JOSM code (GPL2+) ?

A: it is ok with me

There was no reply to request in 2016, so I am not expecting reply to my request,
sadly it may be necessary to delete them :(

I will try to reach out again or in some other way as this icons are pretty nice and 
may be useful (unlike some less useful images where I just request deletion by wiki admins).

Scroll down on https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Category:Labelled_for_deletion page
to see where deletion is currently requested.

>
> On Sat, Mar 6, 2021 at 1:31 AM Mateusz Konieczny via legal-talk <> legal-talk at openstreetmap.org> > wrote:
>
>> I am trying to process >> https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Category:Media_without_a_license
>>
>> My problem right now is deciding which images fit 
>> https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Template:PD-shape
>> "simple geometric shapes. These are not eligible for copyright alone because they are not original enough"
>>
>> For example I am unsure about:
>> https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/File:2020_st_powergensource_wind.svg
>> https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/File:2020_st_placeofworship_shinto.svg
>> https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/File:2020_st_amenity_pub.svg
>> https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/File:2020_st_amenity_restaurant.svg
>> https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/File:2020_st_placeofworship_sikh.svg
>> https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/File:2020_st_placeofworship_pastafarian.svg
>>
>> I would appreciate any help in any of below:
>>
>> - deciding whatever describing this images as simple geometric shapes
>> ineligible for copyright as not original enough is correct
>>
>> - looking at
>> https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Category:PD-licensed_as_below_threshold_of_originality
>> whether images there are actually so simple to be below threshold of originality
>>
>> - help in spotting wrong or misleading content on any of linked pages
>> (I am not a lawyer)
>>
>> - help in processing >> https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Category:Media_without_a_license
>> (marking images for deletion where appropriate, replacing images with unclear copyright
>> with one where it is clear, asking uploaders to clarify licensing status etc)
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