[Talk-GB] Licensability of an employee's work

[David Woolley]

On 18/10/2019 17:43, Edward Bainton wrote:
> *If an employee edits the map in the course of their employment, has the 
> work been adequately licensed to OSM/the big wide Open?*
> 

I think it is true worldwide that employers have the copyright in work 
for hire, and only they can licence the use of their copyright.  If the 
map is being edited at the employers request, the employer should create 
an OSM account for such purposes.

In the UK, if you day job is producing copyrighted maps, you will almost 
certainly find that anything you attempt to do on OSM comes under the 
employer's copyright.  California, in the USA, is a notable exception to 
this.