Re: [OSM-legal-talk] Changeset Comments Copyright

2020-09-23 Thread Matthew Woehlke
On 22/09/2020 17.43, GITNE wrote: As far as I can tell no document covers changeset comments either explicitly nor implicitly. The Contributor Terms state that “…contributing data and/or any other content (collectively, “Contents”) to the geo-database of the OpenStreetMap project (the “Project”)

[OSM-legal-talk] Disclaimer regarding data in Virginia (US)?

2020-07-20 Thread Matthew Woehlke
OSM surely incorporates data in Virginia which was not prepared by suitably licensed entities (per https://law.lis.virginia.gov/vacode/title54.1/chapter4/section54.1-402/). According to Virginia law, OSM must therefore display the following notice: Any determination of topography or contours,

Re: [OSM-legal-talk] local copyright law on government data and OSM license

2020-07-16 Thread Matthew Woehlke
On 15/07/2020 21.16, Erwin Olario wrote: Recently, some edits in the country came to the attention of the community When you say "the country", what country are we talking about? I guess from context you mean "the Philippines", but you really ought to specify. (I've been editing a bunch of