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

[David Woolley]

In particular, when submitting data obtained through employment, it has 
to be clear that the company is the one that is agreeing to the 
licensing terms, not the individual.


On 21/10/2019 12:47, David Woolley wrote:
> I meant you should use an account that clearly belongs to the company. I 
> guess you could have an account for each relevant employee, but that 
> will cause problems when an employee changes job, either internally, or 
> to another employer.
> 
> Definitely do not use the same account to submit personal contributions 
> and company ones.
> 
> 
> On 21/10/2019 12:37, Edward Bainton wrote:
>> Thanks, David.
>>
>> Discussion ongoing on the legal list, but FYI from Frederick Ramm, who 
>> opines:
>>
>>  > PS: I would strongly advise against using a "corporate account" that
>>  > groups the activities of many individuals as it makes communication
>>  > between the group/company members and other members difficult, and 
>> good
>>  > communication is a cornerstone of every successful organised editing
>>  > activity.
>>
>> I don't know if that's precisely what you meant, but here for info 
>> (without judgment either way)
>>
>> Edward
>>
>> On Fri, 18 Oct 2019 at 20:08, David Woolley 
>> <forums at david-woolley.me.uk <mailto:forums at david-woolley.me.uk>> wrote:
>>
>>     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.
>>
>>
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