Simon said:
>Distributing data just >because somebody on the web said it was PD has a high likelihood of being >considered negligent. Then distributing data because someone on the web has stated that is was CT/ODBL compliant is even negligent. If you do not provide a set of tools or rules that a user can handle to tests for license compatibility, you cannot even keep him responsible for what he clicked ages ago, probably without profound reading, let alone understanding. And as in the OSM case of uploading distributed elements of data that are often geographically unrelated by place space or source (and often of a mixed character) stating any license compatibility will be a risky business for an individual mapper. And since OSM has a defined license contract with its mappers, it is much easier for a third party too to hold OSMF liable for any breaches now instead of the individual that made a mistake. And then I do not even consider that a clicked box in combination with a username and email as an ID does not invariably lead to one person to be kept responsible. Hope I made my point clear. not easy to explain. Gert Van: Simon Poole [mailto:si...@poole.ch] Verzonden: woensdag 24 augustus 2011 17:57 Aan: legal-talk@openstreetmap.org Onderwerp: Re: [OSM-legal-talk] Refusing CT but declaring contributions as PD But probably the buck would stop with the OSMF. Distributing data just because somebody on the web said it was PD has a high likelihood of being considered negligent. Simon Am 24.08.2011 17:45, schrieb yar...@gmail.com: If you lie about your ability to PD data, you are liable for the effects. Whatever you do or don't sign. - Rob. -- Sent from my Android phone with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity. "ce-test, qualified testing bv - Gert Gremmen" <g.grem...@cetest.nl> <mailto:g.grem...@cetest.nl> wrote: Signing (clicking) the CT explicitly transfers the liability of the suitability to the contributor, where declaring PD does not. The Board wants us to sign a contract with them. It's not about data but about compliance. Regards, Gert Gremmen, -----Oorspronkelijk bericht----- Van: Richard Fairhurst [mailto:rich...@systemed.net] Verzonden: Wednesday, August 24, 2011 3:53 PM Aan: legal-talk@openstreetmap.org Onderwerp: [OSM-legal-talk] Refusing CT but declaring contributions as PD There's a curious statement in the LWG minutes for 2nd August (https://docs.google.com/View?id=dd9g3qjp_1252tt382df). > Folks who have declined the new contributor terms but said their > contributions are public domain. > > There has been a suggestion that such contributions should be > maintained in the current OSM database even after a switch to > ODbL. > > A very small number of contributors have declined the new > contributor terms and asserted that the their contributions are in > the public domain. This does not mean that the collective data in > the OSM database is public domain. Their 'PD' position contradicts > the explicit decline. Therefore the LWG takes the position that > their contributions cannot be published under ODbL without > acceptance of the contribut[or terms]. (I think the two contributors affected by this are Tim Sheerman-Chase and Florian Lohoff, but there may be others.) I'm a little puzzled by this. "Asserting that one's contributions are in the public domain" is saying, in the words of the disclaimer used on Wikipedia and on the OSM wiki, "I grant anyone the right to use my contributions for any purpose, without any conditions, unless such conditions are required by law". Therefore I don't see any reason why the data cannot be included in OSM. The contributor has given a grant of all rights - not just copyright, but any database right or indeed other right that might exist. There is no difference between (say) TimSC's PD data and the TIGER PD data, but we're not requiring the US Census Bureau to sign the terms.[1] The minute says "Their 'PD' position contradicts the explicit decline", which seems to me to be true legally but not "politically". There are people who do not wish to enter into a formal agreement with OSMF, and though I think they're mistaken, they doubtless have their own reasons. What am I missing? What exactly is meant by "the collective data in the OSM database"? cheers Richard [1] I am diplomatically ignoring the fact that there is no proof that US Federal data is public domain _outside_ the States ;) ________________________________ legal-talk mailing list legal-talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/legal-talk ________________________________ legal-talk mailing list legal-talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/legal-talk _______________________________________________ legal-talk mailing list legal-talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/legal-talk
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