On Tue, Sep 7, 2010 at 11:22 AM, Francis Davey <fjm...@gmail.com> wrote: > If its the case that OSMF doesn't have a database right in the > contents of its database, then, logically, that right would be jointly > owned by all contributors.
Ah, I see there is a provision for this in the EU database right: "In respect of a database created by a group of natural persons jointly, the exclusive rights shall be owned jointly." Of course, if a joint database right works like joint copyright, it's fairly useless. Any joint owner of the database right would have full sub-licensable rights to the database, so long as they account for and share all their profits in using that right. All it takes is one joint owner to grant a free worldwide license to do anything, and the database right is effectively gone. _______________________________________________ legal-talk mailing list legal-talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/legal-talk