[OSM-talk] Map markings

David Sheldon dave at earth.li
Sun May 28 23:40:55 BST 2006


On Sun, May 28, 2006 at 11:24:12PM +0100, Oliver White wrote:
> Why are the maps marked "Copyright OpenStreetMap", when they comprise data 
> that users have uploaded under the CC-BY-SA 2.0 license?

The maps are produced by OpenStreetMap, they are a derivative work of
the data that has been uploaded. 

Who would hold the copyright other than some mythical entity that is
Openstreetmap? Of course they still need to be licenced under CC by SA.

David

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