2015-04-04 16:46 GMT+02:00 Simon Poole <si...@poole.ch>: > Sorry for the late answer, been on the road for two days and now are on a > rather flaky network connection. See > http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Walking_Routes#France for a very short > synopsis of the GR issue. >
is this something the OSMF lawyers have had a look into? Is the issue really "copyright" or is this about "trademark" (regarding the names "GR" "PR" etc.)? Currently it seems we are accepting what the Fédération Francaise de la Randonnée Pédestre claims, without questioning whether their claims hold up. E.g. why can't you do a survey and publicly say: "here is a sign which reads GR 4" similar to making a survey and publicly saying: "here is a sign that reads 'Coca Cola'"? This doesn't question the CocaCola trademark. Also, we are mapping roads and buildings, but the projects leading to these constructions are normally protected by copyright, and also a building can be protected (architectural work). None of these do stop us to map them in other fields, what is the particularity why GR cannot be mapped? Cheers, Martin
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