Alex <azli...@...> writes: > > Hi, > > I am developing a Location based application that will both be > available on mobile devices and on the internet. > > I plan to use OSM data, convert it and import it into my custom > designed database. > I also plan to generate my own tiles based on OSM data, certainly > aggregated with other commercial and non.commercial (open) data > sources. > > My mobile client will download the tiles that I will have generated > and display them with Point of Interest info
Hi, It may be tricky situation if your application will allow user input. I mean, your user can see a map through the application and then he locates a nice restaurant and saves it as point of interest into your system. There are people saying that the new POI was derived from the underlaying map. They may claim that if the base map was OSM then the new POI should definitly be under CC-SA and it would be fair to add it also into OSM database. What if there was a commercial map layer selected? In this case OSM absolutely does not want the POI because it is derived from copyrighted material. But what if both layers were selected and showed together? Where is the new POI derived from? With commercial map providers you can for sure make a deal that if you pay them you can do what ever you want with the POIs. They will just set the price. I do not know how it goes with OSM. _______________________________________________ legal-talk mailing list legal-talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/legal-talk
