[OSM-talk] Using an extract from OSM in an academic paper

[Richard Fairhurst]

David Cottingham wrote:

> - Can I, despite the fact that the images I create that utilise OSM
> data are classed as derived works and hence the images should be
> dsitributed under the CC-SA license (correct me if I'm wrong!),
> still publish those images in a paper whose copyright will be owned by the
> publisher?

It's _probably_ a collective work. So you can still publish those  
images, though anyone will be within their rights to photocopy just  
the images and distribute them.

cheers
Richard