[OSM-legal-talk] Shipping OSM data with a commercial application
Hi I put this question up on the forum but they suggested I place it on the list here. We develop commercial applications primarily using MapGuide Open source. The applications are mainly installed and used in house at our clients sites. I would like to supply the OSM data of the UK , converted to MapGuide Opensource SDF format, to our clients for use in the application. The application is a information tool, they will store commercial information on various projects across the country. Does the OSM allow me to convert and supply the data this way? I would be more than happy to make the converted MapGuide data available for pubic access. I think I should be able to pass the data on to my clients. But as soon as my clients use it for work and overly their data on it, will they have make their data available to the public?. If they did, then I can't use OSM, my clients data is commercial sensitive and they will not be able to make it publicly available. Thanks Gary ___ legal-talk mailing list legal-talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/legal-talk
Re: [OSM-legal-talk] Shipping OSM data with a commercial application
Thank you for your reply What do you consider the definition of PUBLISH to be? Thanks Gary -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Frederik Ramm Sent: 13 March 2008 16:16 To: Licensing and other legal discussions. Subject: Re: [OSM-legal-talk] Shipping OSM data with a commercial application Hi, Does the OSM allow me to convert and supply the data this way? Yes. I would be more than happy to make the converted MapGuide data available for pubic access. You must make sure that your converted data is licensed under CC-BY- SA 2.0, and you must give proper OSM attribution. I think I should be able to pass the data on to my clients. But as soon as my clients use it for work and overly their data on it, will they have make their data available to the public? No, as long as the data remains with your clients they can do what they want. Only if they create something based on OSM data and PUBLISH it, then the product must be licensed CC-BY-SA. Bye Frederik -- Frederik Ramm ## eMail [EMAIL PROTECTED] ## N49°00.09' E008°23.33' ___ legal-talk mailing list legal-talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/legal-talk ___ legal-talk mailing list legal-talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/legal-talk
Re: [OSM-legal-talk] Shipping OSM data with a commercial application
Gary Morin wrote: Does the OSM allow me to convert and supply the data this way? I would be more than happy to make the converted MapGuide data available for pubic access. Yep. I think I should be able to pass the data on to my clients. But as soon as my clients use it for work and overly their data on it, will they have make their data available to the public?. If they did, then I can't use OSM, my clients data is commercial sensitive and they will not be able to make it publicly available. As I understand it, you're fine. Firstly, there's no obligation to publish. The licence says that the data may be distributed only under its terms. If they're _not_ actually distributing it (i.e. they're keeping it internally), the share-alike licence terms don't kick in. Secondly, if they're only overlaying the data, this is potentially a Collective Work (share-alike doesn't apply) rather than a Derivative Work (where it does). It should be noted, however, that our current licence is not (IMO) sufficiently clear about whether internal company use of a derivative work would constitute distribution. We are considering moving to a different licence which makes this, and much else, more explicit. cheers Richard ___ legal-talk mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.openstreetmap.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/legal-talk
