Re: [OSM-legal-talk] V1 Object Statistics

2011-08-24 Thread Simon Poole
I've fixed another issue that distorted the overall numbers (the per user stats were correct), regenerated everything with the current full history dump (from June), and added a couple of further countries. Overall, the situation seems to be substantially better than I would have expected,

[OSM-legal-talk] Refusing CT but declaring contributions as PD

2011-08-24 Thread Richard Fairhurst
There's a curious statement in the LWG minutes for 2nd August (https://docs.google.com/View?id=dd9g3qjp_1252tt382df). Folks who have declined the new contributor terms but said their contributions are public domain. There has been a suggestion that such contributions should be maintained in

Re: [OSM-legal-talk] Refusing CT but declaring contributions as PD

2011-08-24 Thread Simon Poole
Am 24.08.2011 16:09, schrieb Frederik Ramm: ... One of the PD-but-not-CT-people said something like I don't want to give any kind of explicit assurance/permission to OSMF. I.e. they don't want a contract with OSMF. But I think that could be remedied by offering them a differently worded

Re: [OSM-legal-talk] Refusing CT but declaring contributions as PD

2011-08-24 Thread ce-test, qualified testing bv - Gert Gremmen
Simon said: Distributing data just because somebody on the web said it was PD has a high likelihood of being considered negligent. Then distributing data because someone on the web has stated that is was CT/ODBL compliant is even negligent. If you do not provide a set of tools

Re: [OSM-legal-talk] Refusing CT but declaring contributions as PD

2011-08-24 Thread Simon Poole
Well one solution is very simple: just contribute stuff that you mapped yourself, and hey presto, 99.9% of all problems vanish (including any issues with agreeing to the CTs). Simon Am 24.08.2011 19:34, schrieb ce-test, qualified testing bv - Gert Gremmen: Simon said: Distributing data

Re: [OSM-legal-talk] Refusing CT but declaring contributions as PD

2011-08-24 Thread SteveC
On 8/24/2011 8:56 AM, Simon Poole wrote: But probably the buck would stop with the OSMF. Distributing data just because somebody on the web said it was PD has a high likelihood of being considered negligent. You need to search around for safe harbor provisions. Steve Simon Am 24.08.2011