Nathan Vander Wilt wrote: > I am writing a geotagging application that I hope to sell. When I first > found OSM, I was very excited for what I could use it for but as I've > followed the discussions I've become a lot more concerned. While there > are many users who want their work to be fully in the public domain, it > seems that Ordinance Surveyesque FUD concerning derivative works might > trump even those users' contributions. I cannot open my tiny company and > our potential customers to the viral effects of a broad application of > the "Share Alike" intentions under a broad notion of "derivative works".
The notion of derivative works is a fairly well defined one under copyright law. Many, many companies deal with this concept every day. > The proposed ODL/ODC licenses would clear up some of the grey areas, but > not all. Can you give examples of grey areas that would remain? > I really would like to see a license as simple as the following: > > For data users - > 0. Open Street Map collects and creates public domain map data. > 1. Attribution of Open Street Map is expected. We make it easy. > 2. Contributing back or freely sharing modifications is very strongly > encouraged. Except that neither 1 or 2 would have any force in law. So this is equivalent to PD. Gerv _______________________________________________ legal-talk mailing list legal-talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/legal-talk
