[Openstreetmap] Buying Ikonos data
Andy Armstrong
andy at hexten.net
Mon Feb 7 14:49:08 GMT 2005
On 7 Feb 2005, at 10:55, Lester Caine wrote:
> So in the same tradition. I can't warrant the accuracy of the data but
> I do not believe that there is any infringements if I was to make it
> available, and then others can provide fixes when they are identified,
> and add additional local information.
I reckon the question of what constitutes a derived work is one that's
going to have to be addressed, isn't it? I mean you could just harvest
the whole postcode database from streetmap.co.uk but I imagine that
would be an infringement :)
Where's the line between checking data we have against published
sources and just wholesale poaching those resources?
I actually have a circa 2000 copy of the postcode data that was bought
for a client back then. I've also been working on code that can
generate usable postcode boundaries from postcode locations - but I'm
reluctant to join the two up and produce what would clearly be a
derived work. Anyone know a clever lawyer? :)
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Andy Armstrong, hexten.net
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