On Mon, May 10, 2010 at 10:42 AM, martin dodge <m.do...@manchester.ac.uk> wrote: > > this might be of interest to some on the list. > cheers > martin > > -------- Original Message -------- > Subject: NLS Maps API - online historical mapping of Great Britain for > use in mashups > Date: Mon, 10 May 2010 11:33:40 +0100 > From: Fleet, Christopher <c.fl...@nls.uk> > To: <map...@listserv.uga.edu>, <lis-m...@jiscmail.ac.uk> > > We are pleased to launch a new historical mapping application, [ ... ] > > For more information, please view http://geo.nls.uk/maps/api/ [ ... ], or used to create other copyright free > maps (such as OpenStreetMap). [ ... ]
Dear Christopher, Sounds like an interesting project. Your characterization of OpenStreetMap as copyright-free is incorrect. We, like you, create a map that is generously licensed for wide use beyond the general copyright exceptions[1]. But our map, like yours is also copyright. Best regards, Richard [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copyright#Berne_Convention_for_the_Protection_of_Literary_and_Artistic_Works _______________________________________________ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk
