[OSM-talk] good news: shapefile usage of ramsar sites for openstreetmap.org

[Morten Kjeldgaard]

Jason Cunningham wrote:

> I am worried there might be some copyright issues
> 
> The sites within the UK will probably have been mapped using the British
> Ordnance Survey, and therefore should have copyright restrictions.

> I think the status of the data needs to be very carefully checked.

I am sorry, but I don't understand. Roman references an email from the
communications officer of Ramsar, and you are worried? You say the sites in
U.K. have "probably" been mapped by BOS? What kind of authority do you
represent to convince us that your concerns should be ours as well?

I would counter that the British government -- if they indeed stood for the
measurements of the data -- has "probably" signed copyright over to the
Ramsar organization.

You don't seriously believe that the Ramsar data has different copyrights
attached depending on what nation it comes from?

AFAIAC we've gotten the data to use with the only (very reasonable) premise
that it be dated. I think we should just say "thank you" and be very happy.

Cheers,
Morten