On Wed, Mar 31, 2010 at 10:19 PM, James Alexander <jameso...@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 -- André Engels, andreeng...@gmail.com _______________________________________________ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
