[OSM-talk] Rights of Way

Nick Whitelegg Nick.Whitelegg at solent.ac.uk
Wed Jun 28 15:44:38 BST 2006


Please respond to David Groom <reviews at pacific-rim.net>
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>This does however only state that you must not "copy the map" it doesn't 
say
>you can't copy the information on it.

West Sussex appears to indicate that the rights of way info is in the 
public domain, suggesting, perhaps (IANAL) that the copyright relates to 
the underlying OS mapping and possibly the physical map, not the actual 
information:

http://www.westsussex.gov.uk/ccm/content/environment/the-west-sussex-countryside/public-rights-of-way/interactive-maps.en

Nick






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