[OSM-talk] mapboox improve the (proprietary database used as en overlay) map

[Simon Poole]

Am 12.04.2023 um 16:20 schrieb Mateusz Konieczny via talk:
> From legal point of view it depends on specifics, but yes it can be 
> legal to
> render using odbl+proprietary data.
>
> See 
> https://wiki.osmfoundation.org/wiki/Licence/Community_Guidelines/Horizontal_Map_Layers_-_Guideline
>
It should be noted that this guideline follows from the concept of 
Collective Databases in the ODbL and in general of the idea of works 
that can have multiple independent constituent parts. If what Mapbox is 
doing is consistent with the licence naturally depends on the specifics 
as Mateusz write, Marc, do you have a link to the discussion in question?

Simon


> Warning: I am not a lawyer.
>
>
> Apr 7, 2023, 14:21 by marc_marc at mailo.com:
>
>     Hello,
>
>     following a discussion on the mailing list talk-fr,
>     mapbox "improve the map" now feeds their proprietary database,
>     the one that is displayed on top of the osm
>
>     is it acceptable in terms of licensing to render using
>     odbl+proprietary data?
>
>     ethically it's obviously very bad to appropriate user contributions
>     in this way, does anyone have a contact at their end to try and get
>     them to return to more ethical behaviour?
>     on talk-fr, no one from mapbox has replied since this behaviour
>     was pointed out
>
>     Regards,
>     Marc
>
>
>
>     _______________________________________________
>     talk mailing list
>     talk at openstreetmap.org
>     https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk
>
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> talk mailing list
> talk at openstreetmap.org
> https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <http://lists.openstreetmap.org/pipermail/talk/attachments/20230412/7810604b/attachment.htm>
-------------- next part --------------
A non-text attachment was scrubbed...
Name: OpenPGP_signature
Type: application/pgp-signature
Size: 495 bytes
Desc: OpenPGP digital signature
URL: <http://lists.openstreetmap.org/pipermail/talk/attachments/20230412/7810604b/attachment.sig>