[OSM-talk-be] map copyrights?

[Mark Van den Borre]

2008/8/27 Mark Van den Borre <mark at markvdb.be>:
> Hi all,
>
> While doing research for my letter to the provincial government of
> East Flanders, I bumped into quite a but of information that seems to
> suggest copyright on maps (and on street name databases) is mostly,
> and sometimes only, limited by the general sui generis right on
> databases.
>
> I have probably missed something, but... If this proves correct, and
> it applies to NGI maps, it means we can scan 1993 NGI/IGN maps and
> trace them.
Sorry, I obviously meant 1958 maps, because of the 50 years of
publishing rights...

Mark
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