[OSM-newbies] Fwd: Re: Re: Footpaths again

[Andre Engels]

On Fri, Mar 19, 2010 at 3:04 PM, James Ewen <ve6srv at gmail.com> wrote:

> So you would not be able to reference the information contained on the
> maps from the Highway Authority, if they are under a copyright.
>
> The location of the path is not copyright, but you can't copy the
> locations off the map.
>
> The name of the path isn't copyright, but you can't copy the name off the map.

Incorrect, you are perfectly allowed to retrieve any non-copyrighted
information from a copyrighted source. Getting all the information
from a single copyrighted source usually will be covered under
collection copyright, but getting single pieces of information, or
even a number of them, is allowed.


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André Engels, andreengels at gmail.com