[OSM-talk] Rights of Way

[Nick Whitelegg]

>To:    Nick Whitelegg <Nick.Whitelegg at solent.ac.uk>
>cc:    talk at openstreetmap.org 
>Subject:       Re: [OSM-talk] Rights of Way

>On 28 Jun 2006, at 15:44, Nick Whitelegg wrote:
>> 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

>Might that need that they don't need to be surveyed at all? If the
>RoW info is in the public domain I wonder where we might get the data
>from?

I don't think it's in the public domain in electronic form though. I think 
(IANAL again, my own interpretation of their statement) what West Sussex 
mean is that you can go to the council offices, look up the status of a 
path (footpath, bridleway etc), and then use the status information 
yourself (e.g. in OSM) without violating copyright - but I believe it's 
only in printed form.

Nick