[Osmf-talk] License with or without virus

Richard Fairhurst richard at systemeD.net
Wed Dec 9 09:46:55 UTC 2009


Oliver White wrote:
> e.g. in this case it means that you couldn't upload the segment of ITN
> news containing your Baghdad map to YouTube and make it a featured
> image.

Happily, you could. As a report of events ("OSM used in national 
television map"), it would qualify as 'fair dealing' (UK) or 'fair use' 
(US) for which ODbL has an explicit exception (6.1b).

cheers
Richard




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