On Mon, 2009-03-02 at 14:56 +0100, Frederik Ramm wrote: > Hi, > > OJ W wrote: > > the ability to create an uncopiable map image from OSM data > > does seem to have appeared in the ODbL license? > > You can create an image and (provided that your image is not a data > base, a distinction that has not yet been resolved) restrict copying of > the image.
I believe that an image is not a database, but is Produced Work. Take a png tile. For any non-trival render there is a loss of information in the conversion from database to image some tags are un-rendered. This loss of fidelity in some areas allows increased attention to say, cycle paths. That is a creative work that requires skill and judgement. Evil Evan tries to reverse engineer a png and turn it back into a database so that it is searchable, indexable, etc. Evil Evan is creating another database from the ODbL with the image as an intermediate step. So that new database must be under the terms of the ODbL or in violation of it. We know that Evil Evan is both evil and stupid because the direct database to database conversion is permitted under ODbL. His only motivation can be to try to evade the ODbL but he is out of luck. He was notified of ODbL by the attribution in the image. Bad violator. > This is essential if we want to give users the chance to combine OSM > material with other, more restrictively licensed material, into images > or other products. I say we can. See Collective Databases. OSM (ODbL), CGIAR (NC) are collective but separate databases. They are combined into a single image from those separate databases by the renderer to become a Produced Work. The Produced Work may be licensed at your discretion given you obligations to the Collective Databases, ODbL (attribution) and CGIAR (NC). Best regards, Richard _______________________________________________ legal-talk mailing list legal-t...@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/legal-talk
