Re: [OSM-legal-talk] A legal question

2011-04-16 Thread Simon Biber
may also help with general >information. We are evolving it to help folks such as yourself, so if there is >anything unclear or confusing, please do no hesitate to email me. > >Mike > > >On 16/04/2011 15:55, Simon Biber wrote: >Hi Eldad, >> >> >&g

Re: [OSM-legal-talk] A legal question

2011-04-16 Thread Simon Biber
Hi Eldad, It sounds like your meta data is derived from the OSM map data, in which case it must be licensed as CC-BY-SA. This doesn't mean you have to actively contribute it back to the community. You can restrict access or allow users to set up access controls on your website. But if someone

Re: [OSM-legal-talk] To calm some waters - about Section 3

2010-08-24 Thread Simon Biber
On Sun, 22 August, 2010 11:55:27 PM, Peteris Krisjanis wrote: > As I'm interested in keeping my data within OSM and find a common ground with >rest of you, I'm delighted to see that requests to specify 'free and open >license' in CT section 3 has been taken into account[1]. Huge thanks and sorr

[OSM-legal-talk] Contradictory Contributor Terms?

2010-08-11 Thread Simon Biber
Item 1, First sentence: "You agree to only add Contents for which You are the copyright holder ..." Item 1, Last sentence: "If You are not the copyright holder of the Contents, You represent and warrant that ..." These two sentences seem to be contradictory to me. The first sentence implies