[OSM-talk] License plan - minimum-legalese option

[Ed Avis]

Richard Fairhurst <richard <at> systemed.net> writes:

>>I could start tracing in things from Ordnance Survey maps
>>right away.  Note that these maps are 'Crown Copyright', not 
>>'Crown Database Right'
>
>http://www.google.co.uk/search?q=%22crown+copyright+and+database+right%22

Heh.  My maps are too old to have this.

The point still stands: if it turns out that map data is copyright-free then this
will be a great boost to the project.  However, I wouldn't bet on that outcome.

And if the OSM Foundation has a database right in the collected data, it could
use it to sue anyone incorporating the data in proprietary maps right now.  You
do not need to relicense the data to cause that database right to appear.

-- 
Ed Avis <eda at waniasset.com>