[OSM-talk] The National Land and Property Gazetteer [was: Suggestion more complete mapping verifactiion]

[Lauri Hahne]

On 17/09/2007, David Earl <david at frankieandshadow.com> wrote:

> One thing that has been troubling me since I started: why shouldn't a
> local authority claim copyright in its street name signs, which are the
> primary source of name data for all of us? Why should we be any less
> immune from claims of infringement there than any other source of data?

Do you consider a street sign to be a work as in work of art. That is
what it takes to claim a copyright on anything.


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Lauri Hahne