[OSM-talk] Copyright and official documents on the web

[Andy Allan]

I would view this as a citeable reference, as opposed to a copyright violation.

Cheers,
Andy

On Mon, Apr 7, 2008 at 8:48 AM, Nick Whitelegg <nick at hogweed.org> wrote:
> Hello everyone,
>
>  Have found evidence that a path I mapped yesterday has cycle rights:
>
>  http://www.planning-inspectorate.gov.uk/southdowns/documents/MicrosoftWord1147-13-1.pdf
>
>  (see section 6.7.1)
>
>  Presumably I could tag this as highway=cycleway without there being a
>  copyright issue? I would hope so, as this is not copied from a map - I have
>  merely researched an official document to get the rights on the path.
>
>  It's not tagged as cycleway yet, just as footway, but if people think it's OK
>  I'll change to cycleway.
>
>  Thanks,
>  Nick
>
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