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

[Kathleen Lu]

Based on the user page and
https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Map_Icons/Map_Icons_Standards, it
sounds like the user themself created the icons. If that's the case, there
is no additional license required, at least for the uses the user
originally uploaded the icons for, so I see no reason for you to request
deletion.

On Mon, Mar 8, 2021 at 11:26 AM Mateusz Konieczny via legal-talk <
legal-talk at openstreetmap.org> wrote:

> 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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