[OSM-talk] namespaces and copyright

[Steve Hill]

elvin ibbotson wrote:

> 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.

Street names and data on climbing routes are unfortunately a bit 
different though.  Street names are generally hard fact - there is some 
government database somewhere saying what it is called, there are signs 
up with the name on, signs with access restrictions (one way, etc).

On the other hand, on a rock face there are no signs - things can become 
much more subjective.  Climbing (difficulty) grades, for example, are 
estimates - there is no hard fast rule about what makes a route a 
specific grade.  A bunch of people climb it and make a guestimate on how 
hard they think it is.

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