>So, in summary: > >- No attribution >- Is a derived work released under Copyright > >I assume this hasn't been cleared and 'waived' by someone at OSM? Where can we go from here? >
I think that in cases where we can prove such a 'mistake' we should send them a letter and clearly indicate their wrong behavior. In addition we should put a sentence that they can make donation to OpenStreetMap and the community forgets about the mistake. Otherwise the OSMF might take further legal actions. >From my experience I can tell that most companies would be willing to pay a reasonable amount as it would take away the risk of bad press. In the end the outcome would be best for both parties where the impact and severity of the mistake is low or medium (I wouldn't consider it a huge violation as in the header. For me a huge violation is when another make maker steals OSM data). In cases where a company gains a financial advantage from a breach of license I think legal actions would be appropriate and should definitely be taken. I think this is important as many companies are already watching what happens in case of a severe violation to OSM data. If nothing happens many companies might take advantage... Regards, Oliver -- View this message in context: http://gis.638310.n2.nabble.com/OSM-legal-talk-Potential-huge-License-violation-anyone-know-anything-about-this-tp5132343p5134658.html Sent from the Legal Talk mailing list archive at Nabble.com. _______________________________________________ legal-talk mailing list legal-talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/legal-talk
