On Fri, Oct 8, 2010 at 6:55 PM, Prado, Renato (R.P.) <rpr...@visteon.com> wrote: >> Hello! >> >> Are you planning to just overlay your data over the background map as >> a separate and independent layer? If yes, then this would qualify as a >> collective work under CC and you just need to attribute OSM in the >> suggested way. > Thanks a lot for your help. > > The idea is to leave the OSM maps intact serving as the background of my > data cloud (which would be an unrelated database, locally stored, > containing data and lat/lon coordinates), both during online viewing and > in printed reports, with text properly stating that the maps are by OSM, > licensed XYZ. My potential customers would pay for those reports. > > One image is worth a thousand words: > http://t3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQwFnmupPSmD2eqpE0dN0S9WlG0s-FzF > rbr4gQzMYlkuvkwILk&t=1&usg=__9kS2vS-zZAo9ndGB4HU-H8foRaw= > > As per my understanding, this should qualify as a collective work since > I would not be changing any of the maps and would properly acknowledge > the OSM in both online and printed forms, but I would like to be sure > prior to investing in this project.
Well, here is a little idea, you can just distribute your data as a transparent png file or similar technique that can be overlayed over any map.... and let the users put it on top of what they want. mike _______________________________________________ legal-talk mailing list legal-talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/legal-talk
