On Fri, Oct 2, 2009 at 2:33 PM, Greg Holloway <peanutzkingpeng...@hotmail.com> wrote: >> Date: Fri, 2 Oct 2009 10:19:01 +0000 >> From: ava...@gmail.com >> To: legal-talk@openstreetmap.org >> Subject: Re: [OSM-legal-talk] distribution >> >> On Thu, Oct 1, 2009 at 2:22 PM, Greg Holloway >> <peanutzkingpeng...@hotmail.com> wrote: >> > I hope i have picked the right list to ask these questions, please alow >> > me >> > to explain myself; >> > >> > I am a 4x4 off-roader and i have a laptop on the dash of my vehicle >> > running >> > memory map. I have been searching the internet for cheap & detailed >> > maps. I >> > have had little success. I took the decision to make my own maps. I have >> > began compiling DVDs/CDs with map data taken from the US Gov GeoCover >> > website https://zulu.ssc.nasa.gov/mrsid/mrsid.pl and openstreetmap xml >> > data. >> > i have then encoded it into geotiff tiles for use with memory map and >> > other >> > gps based software. >> > >> > i have the intention of selling the dvds at cost, around £10. this will >> > include a donation of £2.50 to openstreetmap. the remainder of the money >> > will cover the free postage,ebay fees and the cost of a dvd with a case. >> > I >> > have been trying to find someone at openstreetmap that can help me with >> > the >> > legalities of putting openstreetmap onto a dvd which i then sell. I >> > don't >> > want to step on anyone toes as it were. >> > >> > for an idea of what i am doing point your browsers to >> > http://maps.sj410.co.uk on there i have the html which autorun when the >> > dvd/cd is inserted into the users pc. i have only started work on >> > iceland >> > for the moment but i hope to include other contries if what i am doing >> > is >> > acceptable. >> >> What you're doing is just fine by the CC-BY-SA license. You're also >> not modifying the map data so all you have to worry about is making it >> clear when you distribute it that it's from OpenStreetMap >> >> See this text for more information: >> >> http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Legal_FAQ#I_would_like_to_use_OpenStreetMap_maps._How_should_I_credit_you.3F >> >> The attribution appropriate to your medium I think would be: >> >> * If you're printing something on the DVD itself or its casing it >> should include "(c) OpenStreetMap (and) contributors, CC-BY-SA" >> somewhere or a similar text you can reasonably fit. >> * In your autorun HTML you should not refer to the OSM license as >> "OpenStreetMap.Org Creative Commons License" but rather something like >> "OpenStreetMap data available under the Creative Commons >> Attribution-Share Alike 2.0 Generic license" with a link to the >> license >> >> How will users view your maps? Are you just distributing GeoTIFF files >> or do you bundle some sort of map viewer as well? > > > i will just be including the tiles, no software. > > i will be writting details to the dvd not the casing and i shall mention > openstreepmap copyright and any others related., i'll change the text on the > autorun html to include your suggestion. > > should i include the raw data on the dvd, ie before i have encoded the > geotiff?
there's no need to include the raw data on the dvd. and you're already showing the openstreetmap attribution, so people will know where to go if they want the raw data. cheers, matt _______________________________________________ legal-talk mailing list legal-talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/legal-talk
