Richard, As we are not copying the content from Wikipedia/Wikidata, but just a reference, it sounds analogous to the many discussions there have been about hyperlinks to copyright-infringing content, i.e. the question of whether the link itself constitutes a copyright infringement. The link itself (such as the wikidata ID) is "owned" by wikidata/wikipedia itself, I would suggest...irrespective of any potential claims on the content of the linked data.
--colin On 2016-03-11 13:52, Richard Fairhurst wrote: > Hi all, > > Without wanting to be a rotten party-pooper, could I just raise the licence > issues with this? > > Wikidata co-ordinate information is chiefly sourced from Wikipedia, which > claims to be CC-BY-SA licensed. > > Wikipedia co-ordinate information is chiefly sourced from Google Maps[1 [1]]. > > Google expressly prohibits their map data being used "to create or augment > your own mapping-related dataset (or that of a third party), including a > mapping or navigation dataset"[2 [2]], which is what is proposed here. (There > are other relevant prohibitions.) > > Wikipedia has a much looser attitude than OSM to copyright on factual > information for various well-rehearsed reasons. That's their call, but we > cannot simply take Wikidata's assertion of CC0 on trust. Neither CC-BY-SA > nor Google-owned compilations of factual data are compatible sources for > ODbL+CT. > > I am far from certain of the interplay of "substantial" and "insubstantial" > in Database Directive and ODbL terms here, and to what extent rights subsist > in data that has been compared but not directly copied. But it needs careful > thought, ideally with references to case law, which it doesn't yet appear to > have had. > > cheers > Richard > > [1] > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Obtaining_geographic_coordinates#Google_tools > [2] https://developers.google.com/maps/terms > > -- > View this message in context: > http://gis.19327.n5.nabble.com/OSM-with-Wikidata-now-covers-UK-and-Ireland-tp5869546p5869607.html > Sent from the Great Britain mailing list archive at Nabble.com. > > _______________________________________________ > Talk-GB mailing list > Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb Links: ------ [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Obtaining_geographic_coordinates#Google_tools [2] https://developers.google.com/maps/terms
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