I don't think that's overly beauracratic at all. It's inline with the "procedure" developed for disputes.
http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/index.php/Disputes In fact, it would be useful to start up a page on the wiki specifically for data imports that violate copyright. Unfortunately, for either problem, I don't think we really have enough thought and decision on actions to take. It's probably something the Foundation Board should investigate. -Mikel ----- Original Message ---- From: Brian Quinion <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Licensing and other legal discussions. <legal-talk@openstreetmap.org> Sent: Thursday, August 21, 2008 6:49:11 AM Subject: Re: [OSM-legal-talk] Mass import of TeleAtlas data As an aside, I was unable to find any information / suggestions / procedure documented on the wiki as what to do if you suspect someone is copying data from a copyright source which means it is left pretty much up to each person to decide what to do. So far the procedure seems to be: 1) Contact the user via their talk page with the evidence. Be polite - you might be wrong or they might have permission. 2) If there is no response (after 5 days) or you are deeply unconvinced by the response post your evidence to the legal-talk mailing list (or your country specific mailing list if you think this would be more appropriate). 3) The OSM community as a whole will take it from there. I realise that this sounds rather bureaucratic but I think some guidelines would be helpful. If the above is pretty much correct I'll add it to the FAQ on the wiki. -- Brian On Thu, Aug 21, 2008 at 2:06 PM, Frederik Ramm <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > >>> The right place would obviously be user Pranas' inbox. Have you at least >>> made an attempt talking to him before demanding, in public, that all his >>> contributions should be deleted? >> >> I have to admit that the very detailed examples that Albertas brought up in >> his mail, do look convincing > > Sure they do. But even *if* that user was importing proprietary data > wholesale it could be a misunderstanding, and one could at least make an > attempt to clarify this with him and only go public if that doesn't get > one anywhere. > > (For all you know, that guy could even have a written ok from TeleAtlas > for what he's doing, or more likely from those people from whom > TeleAtlas get their data, or whatever.) > > I'm just saying that we should not publicly talk about what someone does > without at least making an attempt to contact him - FIRST. If he says > "go away it's none of your business" then you can still go public. > > Bye > Frederik > > > _______________________________________________ > legal-talk mailing list > legal-talk@openstreetmap.org > http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/legal-talk > _______________________________________________ legal-talk mailing list legal-talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/legal-talk
_______________________________________________ legal-talk mailing list legal-talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/legal-talk
