[OSM-legal-talk] Chart in OSM wiki to help with common licensing of image uploads

[Simon Poole]

This would seem to be quite an ambitious undertaking.

For now just a couple of remarks

- the document should point out that as a rule content on the wiki needs 
to licenced on open terms and only in exceptional circumstances is it 
acceptable to upload non-open content,

- the section on screenshots would seem to be postulating rights by the 
app authors in the images that don't actually exist (a screenshot of 
JOSM is not licensed on GPL terms IMHO),

- in the case of of aerial imagery licensed on non-open terms (Bing, 
Esri, Maxar, Mapbox and so on), we really only have permission to use it 
for editing purposes. I would argue that that should cover use for 
editing documentation purposes, but it needs to be clear that there are 
limits to how we can reuse such content,

- pictograms: I consider it rather problematic to try and determine 
threshold of originality yourself (the text from WMF noted), I would 
consider it to be wise to take a conservative approach here.

Simon

Am 19.02.2022 um 15:40 schrieb Chris (Chris2map):
> Hey there,
>
> I want to communicate the creation of a chart in OSM wiki with the 
> intention to give wiki users an overview and easy guideline what to do 
> when uploading image files regarding an applicable license.
>
> https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Drafts/Media_file_license_chart
>
> Sparked by the efforts of Mateusz Konieczny to make advance with the 
> many files without any information provided, I created a draft with 
> the most common image types and the possible / desirable licenses, as 
> far as I know it, also with contributions by Mateusz.
>
> As of now I think it is reasonably applicable and useful. So you might 
> want to have a look at it.
> I do appreciate each check of it.
>
> IMHO it shouldn't become bigger and more complex than it is already.
>
> I plan to move the chart from draft to main namespace and link it on 
> the relevant help pages at about March 1st.
>
> Kind regards,
> Chris
> (Chris2map)
>
>
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