[OSM-talk] Wikipedia POI import?

[Dodi]

At freemap.sk we have choosen not to import wikipedia POIs into OSM database
to prevent long discussions about unclear copyright and other rights. 

We have Wikipedia as transparent click-able overlay with popups with short
description of WIKIPEDIA POI and also with direct link to Wikipedia article.

http://dev.freemap.sk/?zoom=10&lat=48.47825459688335&lon=18.094623150449117&
maplayers=Wikipedia&maplayer=Standard

Dodi

> -----Original Message-----
> From: talk-bounces at openstreetmap.org [mailto:talk-
> bounces at openstreetmap.org] On Behalf Of Russ Nelson
> Sent: Wednesday, May 06, 2009 4:54 PM
> To: Talk Openstreetmap
> Subject: Re: [OSM-talk] Wikipedia POI import?
> 
> 
> On May 6, 2009, at 1:14 AM, Rob Reid wrote:
> >>
> > Excellent, so there is nothing to stop me tracing my entire town off
> > Google Imagery into osm, since all I would be doing is choosing
> points
> > off their aerial photograghs and they are not contributing in any
> > way to
> > me doing that?
> 
> WHERE do you guys get these weird ideas about copyright from?  Do you
> think the garbage man has copyright interest in your OSM work because
> he's contributing to your efforts by taking out your trash?  What
> about the company that built your computer?  SURELY you could not edit
> OSM without their contribution.  What about the ISP that carried the
> imagery to your computer?  You can bet that THEY think they share
> copyright in your online works.  How could you have produced them
> without your ISP, so your ISP owns everything you edit online.
> 
> Copyright protects creativity (or sweat of the brow).  It doesn't
> protect "contributions" to creativity.  Think of the lawsuits if it
> did!  Why, I'm contributing to your OSM efforts by clarifying
> copyright for you, so I would have a copyright interest in your OSM
> edits if your theory was correct.
> 
> --
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