[OSM-talk] licence plan - Question about supplying own data

[SteveC]

On 4 Mar 2009, at 23:44, 80n wrote:
> > If you were able to extract coordinates then this could be  
> regarded as
> > reverse engineering the Produced Work, in which case it's covered by
> > 4.7
> > There's that "substantial" caveat again though.
>
> Very unlikely, derived individual coordinates are facts. I've asked
> multiple lawyers about this personally.
>
> Are you saying that facts that are derived from a Produced Work are  
> not covered by the reverse engineering clause?
>
> If I derive the location of all the street corners of a city from a  
> rendered map then that is just a collection of facts and not a  
> reverse engineered recreation of the original database?  If so, it  
> doesn't seem like the reverse engineering clause is worth the paper  
> its written on.

Please consult your nearest IP lawyer, I'm going to refrain from  
providing legal opinion. We can queue this up for legal though if you  
want?

Best

Steve