[OSM-talk] namespaces and copyright

[Dirk-Lüder Kreie]

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elvin ibbotson schrieb:
| I too am relatively new to OSM and occasionally bemused by the arcane
| debates on the talk list.
|
| Those who know about database theory  should be able to decide on the
| merits of namespaces. I can see the value of a structured, hierarchical
| approach provided it is implemented in a way we lesser mortals can
| understand and presented via a usable interface and I have to say I'm
| not sure this is always the case. I have yet to get to grips with bridge
| tagging, never mind relations or worrying about namespaces :-)
|
| Chris Hill is worried about copyright issues with climbing routes and
| this is like lots of concerns I have seen expressed such as taking
| street names from actual street signs rather than from copyrighted
| material. If it's the name of the street, it's the name of the street,
| no matter how or where it is communicated. Not only am I not an expert
| on databases but I am equally ignorant of the finer points of copyright
| law. But PLEASE! A street name cannot be copyright and printing it on a
| piece of paper or causing it to appear on a screen is hardly the stuff
| of intellectual property.

You may yet have to come across a streetname deliberately spelled
wrongly or in fact any of the other possible easter eggs introduced by
commercial mapmakers just to protect database rights.

Using street signs and doing general surveing on the ground is the only
safe option.

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Dirk-Lüder "Deelkar" Kreie
Bremen - 53.0952°N 8.8652°E

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