Thank you Simon and Mike!
First, I must say that my data is not completely driven from OSM map data, it can be submitted without viewing the map. Second (According to what Simon said), I understood that any data that is derived from OSM map data must be published under CC-BY-SA license. Does it strict me from deciding who-can-view-what on my service? For example, a user can decide that only his "friend X" can view his submitted data, therefore only "friend X" can view and clone the data to somewhere else (under CC-BY-SA). Third, I want to stop competitors from cloning data that was submitted by my users. According to the question: "Can I charge for distributing OSM data or data derived from OSM data?": http://www.osmfoundation.org/wiki/License#What_do_you_mean_by_.22Attribution.22.3F Does it mean that if a competitor want to use my service (pull data) - I can explicitly ask him to pay? For example, in the terms and condition on my website, I can say "the data is completely free under the CC-BY-SA license, if you wish to copy data and publish it for commercial use, you will need to pay for it and attach our T&C to it - please contact us at supp...@x.com for more details" Thanks again, Eldad. On Sat, Apr 16, 2011 at 5:05 PM, Michael Collinson <m...@ayeltd.biz> wrote: > Hi Eldad, > > This link http://www.osmfoundation.org/wiki/License may also help with > general information. We are evolving it to help folks such as yourself, so > if there is anything unclear or confusing, please do no hesitate to email > me. > > Mike > > > On 16/04/2011 15:55, Simon Biber wrote: > > Hi Eldad, > > It sounds like your meta data is derived from the OSM map data, in which > case it must be licensed as CC-BY-SA. > > This doesn't mean you have to actively contribute it back to the > community. You can restrict access or allow users to set up access controls > on your website. > > But if someone who does have access to the work decides to copy it and > make it publically available, you can't prevent them from doing so. The > CC-BY-SA license gives anybody that freedom. > > Kind regards, > Simon. > > On 16/04/2011, at 10:54 PM, Eldad Yamin <elda...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Hello, > I want to use OSM data/map in order to create a map based service. > The users of my service will be able to create meta-data (POIs, trips and > path) on the map and share it them with their friends. > > Please note, > I'm not going to change the map data itself at all, only storing meta-data > that was created by my users. > Is it something that I must contribute back to the community or something > that I can set as optional setting to my users? > if the answer is yes, can I give my users the option to authorize who can > view their data? > > Thanks, > Eldad. > > > > _______________________________________________ > legal-talk mailing list > legal-talk@openstreetmap.org > http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/legal-talk > >
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