On Wed, Mar 31, 2010 at 10:19 PM, James Alexander <jamesofur(a)gmail.com> wrote:
I would say claiming copyright on a map is legitimate
but I think the big
issue here is the geotag's themselves (i.e the locations) since so many
people use google maps or another tool to find the geo location. The
locations themselves is what we have decided are facts and therefore
copyrightable and I would think that openstreetmap should both be able to
use those and should use those. I don't totally understand the thought
process behind not allowing them to use actual geo locations from wikipedia.
The thought process (note: I do not agree with it) goes like this:
* A map or a sattelite photograph is copyrighted material
* Taking a location from a map or a photograph is getting a derivative
work from it
* You are not allowed to make a derivative work from a copyrighted source
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André Engels, andreengels(a)gmail.com