[OSM-talk] Maps and names

[SteveC]

* @ 01/09/06 02:27:19 PM emil79 at gmail.com wrote:
> >On 9/1/06, Lars Aronsson <lars at aronsson.se> wrote:
> 
> >Unless the lat/long coordinates in the original Wikipedia articles were
> >collected using GPS then chances are that this information was lifted from 
> >a
> >map.  Wikipedia's GFDL license would not protect us from the original
> >copyright infringment.
> 
> Well some of us don't think taking coords from a map is copyright
> infringement - as the posts below show, this view leads to ridiculous
> conclusions. I'll say it again: you can't copyright facts.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EU_Database_Directive

have fun,

SteveC steve at asklater.com http://www.asklater.com/steve/