[talk-au] Anzacathon and mapping possibilities

[Warin]

On 20/4/20 9:10 am, Daniel Pocock wrote:
>
> On 20/04/2020 00:49, Andrew Davidson wrote:
>> On Mon, Apr 20, 2020 at 7:52 AM Daniel Pocock <daniel at pocock.pro
>> <mailto:daniel at pocock.pro>> wrote:
>>
>>      The CWGC copyright notice appears to be compatible with a bulk import of
>>      their cemetery data.
>>
>>
>> The copyright notice explicitly says you can only use it for personal use.
>
> "Personal use" is one of those things that can be vague.  They don't
> elaborate.

'They' don't need to elaborate.
Most, if not all, lawyers will tell you that it excludes 'business use' where it is used to generate money.
OSM requires that OSM data can be used to generate money.

This, to me, clearly says that the data cannot be used in OSM.

> All these sites include a lot of photos and other material.  They may
> only apply the strictest definition of their license to those things, it
> could be worth contacting them to find out if they are happy for
> OpenStreetMap collaboration on the location data.

Go right ahead and contact them.

>
> The Anzacathon itself is a personal and non-profit activity that I've
> contributed to as a volunteer and I've cited all the data sources so I'm
> quite comfortable with the licensing.

You may be comfortable.

Will OSM lawyers be?

Will the authors and lawyers of those data sources be equally comfortable?


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