On Thu, 2009-01-29 at 14:59 +0100, Stefan Baebler wrote:
Hi!
Since legal-talk@ list is busy discussing new licensing options I'd
like to hear your opinion about importing a dataset into OSM.
Namely I'm interested in:
- what legal precausions (if any) should be taken when importing data into
OSM?
- how was this dealt with previously donated data? (AND etc)
Read my monologue (so far) bellow (in chronological order).
thanks /Stefan
On Wed, Jan 21, 2009 at 8:31 PM, Stefan Baebler
stefan.baeb...@gmail.com wrote:
Hi!
We, the OSM community in Slovenia are in talks with a local company
GlobalVision [1] that is willing to donate some of their data (mostly
POIs) to the OSM project. And we have some legal questions for you.
If we do accept their data, how can we be sure that they have all the
rights to donate it (as they are claiming and probably also is the
case). We would like to avoid any chance of legal troubles to come
haunting us after some time. Questionable data could easily be removed
(source tag, dedicated import user), but old planets are being mirrored
and distributed so the data would be out there in the wild and cannot be
erased.
In hypothetical worst case scenario, that the true owner is someone else
and comes up to us with this issue we'd need some way to turn them (and
their pack of lawyers) to our source, not us (we'd probably still just
remove the questionable data to avoid further distribution).
Some kind of a statement from the donor could help, but we're not sure
what exactly should it contain.
The company X is hereby donating the dataset of Y map_features to the
OpenStreetMap project, to be published under CC-BY-SA licence with
attribution to X (in source tag of the data). The company X owns the
dataset and has all the rights to make this donation.
(Same in Slovenian and in English)
How was this handled in cases of other such imports (eg. AND data could
be derived from TeleAtlas or an unlicensed paper map). Is there any
legal safety net needed?
Data was checked by several most active members of local OSM community
and we approve the quality. This legal question is the only one bugging
us. Maybe we are just too paranoid and too strictly following the
guidelines[2]? Technical part of the import isn't an issue.
Any thoughts?
Stefan
[1] http://www.globalvision.si
[2] http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Import/Guidelines
-- Forwarded message --
From: Stefan Baebler stefan.baeb...@gmail.com
Date: Fri, Jan 23, 2009 at 2:56 PM
Subject: Re: data release statement
To: legal-t...@openstreetmap.org
Hi again!
Further investigation shows, that they are already publishing same
data (and more)
- with freely (as in beer) downloadable localized (Slovenian) version
of mapyx [1]
- in (payable) Slovenian map packs for mapyx in their store [2]
They want to include OSM support in mapyx (in localized version at
least) so that they could bundle better maps for free with it.
Would it make any legal difference if they perform the actual import
(with our precise instructions and preparing the .osm file) to avoid
all the paperwork?
Is any paperwork required and how was this handled in other, similar
situations.
If so, seeing rather high activity towards ODbL relicensing, would it
make sense to specifically mention that one in the donation paper?
Any opinions, hidden dangers...?
Stefan
Dear Stefan,
Congratulations on your work with this data donor. It sounds like you
have everything that you need for the import. Previous imports have had
either the donor import the data with OSM community help, or the
community importing directly. Your suggested agreement text seems
complete. I think that your suggestion of mentioning ODbL is a very
good idea, as it mirrors our work in the Canadian data
discussion. ;-)
Best regards and good luck,
Richard
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