[OSM-legal-talk] Why is the data protected?

2010-11-28 Thread Andreas Perstinger
Hi, sorry for my probably stupid question, but I'm rather new to OSM and still learning :-). As I understand it, we build a database which we fill with coordinates and their tags. Because of the license change some (or most or all?) are afraid that we loose data from the users who don't

Re: [OSM-legal-talk] Why is the data protected?

2010-11-28 Thread Rob Myers
On 11/28/2010 07:51 PM, Andreas Perstinger wrote: As I understand it, we build a database which we fill with coordinates and their tags. Because of the license change some (or most or all?) A very vocal minority. are afraid that we loose data from the users who don't sign the new CT or

Re: [OSM-legal-talk] Why is the data protected?

2010-11-28 Thread Francis Davey
On 28 November 2010 19:51, Andreas Perstinger andreas.perstin...@gmx.net wrote: Hi, sorry for my probably stupid question, but I'm rather new to OSM and still learning :-). As I understand it, we build a database which we fill with coordinates and their tags. Because of the license change

Re: [OSM-legal-talk] Why is the data protected?

2010-11-28 Thread Mike Dupont
On Sun, Nov 28, 2010 at 8:51 PM, Andreas Perstinger andreas.perstin...@gmx.net wrote: Hi, sorry for my probably stupid question, but I'm rather new to OSM and still learning :-). As I understand it, we build a database which we fill with coordinates and their tags. Because of the license

Re: [OSM-legal-talk] Why is the data protected?

2010-11-28 Thread Andreas Perstinger
On 2010-11-28 21:29, Rob Myers wrote: One concern some people have is that large datasets donated to or imported into the project will either be unable to be relicenced or will take several years to be relicenced. Ok, but it seems that these aren't a big problem (except Nearmap/Australia -

Re: [OSM-legal-talk] Why is the data protected?

2010-11-28 Thread Rob Myers
On 11/28/2010 08:53 PM, Andreas Perstinger wrote: On 2010-11-28 21:29, Rob Myers wrote: One concern some people have is that large datasets donated to or imported into the project will either be unable to be relicenced or will take several years to be relicenced. Ok, but it seems that these

Re: [OSM-legal-talk] Why is the data protected?

2010-11-28 Thread Andreas Perstinger
On 2010-11-28 21:30, Francis Davey wrote: There are two possible answers (I have no idea which applies, or if both applies): (i) The data may actually be protected, eg by the sui generis database right that applies in the European Union and EEA, just because it is just facts doesn't mean there

Re: [OSM-legal-talk] Why is the data protected?

2010-11-28 Thread Andreas Perstinger
On 2010-11-28 22:06, Rob Myers wrote: If you're Australian (or ever likely to visit Australia, or ever likely to need a map of it for any reason) then losing Australian data *is* a problem. Yes you're right. I didn't mean it deprecative. The Ordnance Survey in the UK (where I live), one of

Re: [OSM-legal-talk] License Use Case

2010-11-28 Thread Juan Pizarro
Hi. I'm Juan Pizarro from Chile, and I'm working on a web aplication used osm data. The idea is to locate Events(concerts, parties, etc) in a specific place, for example a osm place node, our users can comments the events and the places, give some scores... We will have a diferent license for