[OSM-talk] [OSM-legal-talk] OSMF - OSM usage guidelines

[Barnett, Phillip]

Surely the opposite is the case? 
The OS had to get their data from somewhere - and many roads pre-exist
the formation of the Ordnance Survey. The OS got their data by asking
residents what they called the street they lived on....
'What's the name of this rustic lane, peasant?' 'And what do you call
that mountain over there?'


 
 



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[mailto:talk-bounces at openstreetmap.org] On Behalf Of Andrew MacKinnon


How is this any different from copying the name of a street from a
street sign? The name on the street sign was likely originally derived
from a copyrighted OS map, but like one's knowledge, facts aren't
copyrightable. If we want to ban asking residents for street names we
would have to ban looking at street signs too.

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