[OSM-talk] Wikipedia POI import?
Russ Nelson
russ at cloudmade.com
Fri May 8 02:25:34 BST 2009
Okay, so, I think this thread is wrapping up. I'd like to make a
summary of what I've learned:
o A substantial number of OSM contributors believe that the
Wikipedia lat/lon doesn't meet our standards for fair use of
copyrighted works.
o Some OSM contributors believe that data imports are inherently
suspect, and that the only way to have reliable copyright provenance
is to go there and take a GPS waypoint.
o There are a variety of opinions about what copyright protects,
not all of which are likely to be correct (and note that I include
myself in this set).
o Some largish number of Wikipedia POIs are already in OSM.
o And that if anything, our geodata should be contributed back into
Wikipedia rather than the direction I originally proposed.
I apologize if I've offended anybody by arguing too hard (specifically
RichardF, Rob Reid, and Iván). I *do* believe that some of the
copyright assertions made by suppliers of aerial imagery go well
beyond anything enforcible in a court of law, but absent a legal
opinion in enough legal systems to make everyone comfortable, it's not
reasonable to claim fair use for digitizing points.
On May 7, 2009, at 3:25 AM, Lars Aronsson wrote:
> any legal process against OpenStreetMap would put the entire
> project at risk.
No, not innocent infringement for reasons I've explained earlier.
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