[talk-au] Implications of license change on use of Australian data sources (e.g. nearmap)

[John Smith]

2009/12/9 Roy Wallace <waldo000000 at gmail.com>:
> Hmm...the following is from http://www.nearmap.com/legal/community-licence.aspx:
>
> "If you derive information from observing our PhotoMaps, and include
> that information in a work, you will own that work, and may distribute
> it to others under a Creative Commons licence."
>
> Does that not imply that the derived information may only be
> distributed to others "under a Creative Commons licence"? Maybe I'm
> reading this incorrectly?
>

It's controdictory, if you own it, you can do anything you like with
it, including any license you choose. Although it might be polite to
ask NearMap to update/clarify their T&C's