Re: Open Maps Data

[SteveC-2]

bouncing to legal-talk

Yours &c.

Steve



On 7 Oct 2009, at 18:50, Brendan Bowen wrote:

> Hi Steve,
>
> I have a question about OSM.
>
> I am currently producing some graphics to be used in a documentary,  
> that will most likely be aired on Australian television, on DVD, and  
> possibly the web in future.
>
> The documentary is for a charity organisation, Smiling for Smiddy,  
> which raises money and awareness for cancer research, specifically  
> melanoma -  a massive problem here in Australia.
>
> It basically follows a 50-cyclist ride through outback Queensland,  
> over a distance of 1800 km. The graphics I am doing up chart this  
> distance and I am looking to use OSM for this purpose.
>
> The problem I have obviously is the Share-Alike part of the  
> copyright - I don't know quite where I stand if I use this for a  
> documentary, in which the charity organisation will own the  
> copyright for the end product.
>
> I wasn't sure of the legalities of using it without first contacting  
> you for permission to use OSM for this.
>
> Be assured, the end product is not a commercial venture, and will be  
> used soley to raise funds for the charity itself.
>
> You can see more information about Smiling for Smiddy at www.smilingforsmiddy.org.au
> .
>
> Thanks very much for your time.
>
> Brendan Bowen
>
>
>

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[Iván Sánchez Ortega-3]

El Lunes, 12 de Octubre de 2009, SteveC escribió:
> bouncing to legal-talk

On 7 Oct 2009, at 18:50, Brendan Bowen wrote:
[...]
> The documentary [...] follows a 50-cyclist ride through outback Queensland,
> over a distance of 1800 km. The graphics I am doing up chart this
> distance and I am looking to use OSM for this purpose.

> The problem I have obviously is the Share-Alike part of the
> copyright

OK, first of all, we OSMers want share-alike because we want to hoard more
geodata. We really don't mind about movies which include 10 seconds of maps.


That said, my point of view is that share-alike should apply only to the data
nearing the maps you show - e.g. the shape and waypoints of the 1800 km ride
you draw on top of that.


Anyway, this is one of the borderline cases where the new license (ODbL) is
needed because CC-by-sa doesn't fit too well. Brendan, just know that there
has been a lot of talk about this kind of things here in the legal-talk
mailing list, and most people actually want to encourage this kind of use.
With the ODbL, the share-alike component dissapears as soon as you take the
map out of map editing software and into the video stream.


Hope this clears it out,
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