[Openstreetmap] geodriving results

[Amaury Jacquot]

Andrew Birkett wrote:
> On Thu, 2005-04-07 at 07:45 +0200, Amaury Jacquot wrote:
> 
>>>- What data, if any, can we avoid gathering on the ground (eg points of
>>>interest, street names, road designations, urban/rural land designation)?
>>
>>designations are not copyrightable.
> 
> 
> There's an interesting discussion about Ordnance Survey copyright and
> related issues, courtesy of the British Cartograph Society, at:
> 
> http://www.cartography.org.uk/Pages/Membership/DesignG/Copyrit.html
> 
> Note that the OS weren't involved in the article (despite the
> question/answer format).  I think the Ordnance Survey side of the
> discussion is extracted from published OS regulations.

that's interesting.
it seems the OS are the worst intellectual "property" pundits to date...

quote :
"Memory in some circumstances can be a copy"

guess the UK gov should make them 100% state funded and have them
distribute their data freely :D

> Andrew

Amaury