I suspect the problem is not quite as large as you think it might be. If they want to use a public licence, while it may not be actually explicitly said anywhere, CC0 or the PDDL are naturally totally acceptable.
For one offs/special permission I would suggest using http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Import/GettingPermission#Letter_Template3 These are essentially the two standard routes we can take were we don't need to make caveats about the data surviving a future licence change. Naturally there may be other "non-standard" licences that are acceptable and there is for example the ODbL which is usable, however has some issues particularly wrt a future licence change (and some more on top of that). But as said all tend to invoke additional complications which are best avoided. Simon Am 24.07.2015 um 18:06 schrieb Svavar Kjarrval: > Hi. > > There are a few of us in Iceland who have been working on freeing > geodata so it can (potentially) be imported into OSM. The main problem > has been that we have little idea of what to tell the government > entities when they ask how they should proceed (in the legal aspect). > Most of the entities are small municipalities so they'd rather not spend > many resources in doing original work like finding a compatible licence, > researching what they must/should state in their permission or even > importing the data themselves. It'd be much easier (for them) if we > could propose a way for them to give us the data and they'd only need to > sign on the dotted line on the appropriate forms (or send us an e-mail, > if it's a valid method). > > Of course we can guess what form of permission would be acceptable and > how it could be given, but we'd rather not have to return to the agency > and ask for any additional actions because our original guidelines were > insufficient (or even incorrect). There are no international copyright > licences we can point to since there are no such licences which have > been formally deemed acceptable to import under the CT. So the status > now is that we must get a specific permission to use the data for an > import into OSM. > > OK, let's say the government entity would be willing to grant permission > to submit the data (or a derived version) specifically under the CT > (even if I'm wrong about no formally compatible licence currently > existing). What is the best way to ensure that is withstands any/most > legal challenges which would be likely to be brought up in the import > process? Can the permission be sent from an official e-mail address? If > not, is it an absolute requirement that it must be on paper? Should we > implicity trust that the official is within their right to grant us the > permission or must we go into some research to verify? What *must* the > permission say to be considered valid? Does the permission have to be > accompanied with the most recent version of the CT so there's no > question as to what is being agreed upon? If so, does the same apply to > the ODbL since it plays such a big role in what can be (currently) done > with the data? > > I don't expect an answer to every one of these questions but I'd be > grateful if you could point me to any guidelines to minimise the risk of > giving incomplete or incorrect suggestions regarding the legal aspect to > potential data providers. > > With regards, > Svavar Kjarrval > > > > _______________________________________________ > legal-talk mailing list > legal-talk@openstreetmap.org > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/legal-talk >
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