[OSM-newbies] Footpaths again

[James Ewen]

So if I copy a complete database of information which is protected by
copyright, and delete one piece of information, you are saying that I
have not voilated the copyright of that database.

That is in direct opposition to everything that is espoused across the
OSM community ad nauseum.

We are told that we can not even look at things like Google Maps to
check the spelling of a road name due to copyright infringement
issues.

I asked specifically about using a Google Streetview image to read the
street name off of the signpost, and the consensus was that such an
action would be in violation of the OSM directive of not creating
derivative works from a source protected by copyright.

It is stated that one should not create GPS traces with
"snap-to-roads" enabled, as the resultant data would be derived from
the database contained in the GPS device. Obviously the derivatove
trace would not contain ALL of the data from the database, and as such
by your definition, would be acceptable for inclusion into OSM.

You can't have it both ways.

James
VE6SRV

On 3/19/10, Andre Engels <andreengels at gmail.com> wrote:
> 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.
>
>
> --
> André Engels, andreengels at gmail.com
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