[Openstreetmap] London locations

[Lars Aronsson]

Richard Fairhurst wrote:

> Steve is right. If you georeference a place by using a 
> copyrighted map, such as Google Maps, you are creating a derived 
> work from that map. [1] Ergo the data is not free. [2]
> 
> [1] ...under the prevalent interpretation of UK law. You are of 
> course welcome to pay a lawyer to come up with a less sucky 
> interpretation. :)

What sources do you have for this statement?  It sounds highly 
improbable.

Look at the information in this box:

  +--------------------------------------+
  |  Glasgow is a city, centered around  |
  |  the coordinate 55.858° N, 4.243° W  |
  +--------------------------------------+

Was that information "georeferenced" from Google Maps or some 
other source?  How is my distribution of the information in that 
box a violation of anybody's copyright to some old (or new) map?


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