Rob Myers <rob@...> writes: >>In the US, the two lawyers found that the OSM map data is >>copyrightable. They mentioned the explicit inclusion of maps in >>copyright law > >But geodata is not a map, and the copyright on the database is not the >copyright on its contents.
As I understood it, the precedents they found showed that copyright does cover the geodata contained in the database, and is not dependent on having a paper map or the difference between database and contents. However I didn't have time to go over these matters in depth. If the written report doesn't address your concern, would you like to join in a conference call with the legal team so you can put it to them directly? I expect I could arrange this. -- Ed Avis <e...@waniasset.com> _______________________________________________ legal-talk mailing list legal-talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/legal-talk
