Dermot McNally wrote: > On 09/02/2008, Lauri Hahne <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> But the problem is that copyright is opt-out, not opt-in. So not >> having no mention of copyright gives you no right what so ever. Though >> if it's just a list of facts, it's only covered by database rights >> which don't apply unless there has been a lot of work in creating the >> database. > > Well it's a discussion worth having, and I wouldn't import the stuff > without being sure of my grounds. But what we're dealing with is a > publicly funded body making information available for the use of all > comers and not asserting any restrictions on the use they might put it > to. The typical user of these data would be sailors who would, I > imagine, add them to all manner of charts and personal waypoint > databases, many of which would be passed on to third parties. There > seems plenty of precedent for using the data for all purposes. > > I'm also not against actually asking for permission - the relaxed > approach shown to the data's being made available online ought to > translate into a tolerant attitude to such a request.
There is no harm in asking ... Then just copy the reply to a page on the wiki linked to the lighthouses? > Dermot > > PS: I'd still love to see those lighthouses we do map appearing on the > rendered output. I'm sure that will happen eventually. -- Lester Caine - G8HFL ----------------------------- Contact - http://home.lsces.co.uk/lsces/wiki/?page=contact L.S.Caine Electronic Services - http://home.lsces.co.uk MEDW - http://home.lsces.co.uk/ModelEngineersDigitalWorkshop/ Firebird - http://www.firebirdsql.org/index.php _______________________________________________ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/talk
