On Mon, May 17, 2010 at 7:54 AM, John Smith <deltafoxtrot...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> cautious than we need to be. Why do we consider what's written on a >> street sign to be a "fact", but the same words written on a map to be >> copyrightable? And many similar examples. > > A map is a collection of facts, which may or may not be copyrightable > depending on the jurisdiction, but a single fact most likely can't be > protected by copyright, although the sign itself might be due to > artistic flare of the designer etc etc etc. Even if the collection is copyrighted, that does not make its elements copyrighted. What is copyrighted in the case of such a collection, is the (result of) the selection process that decides which facts are and are not included. -- André Engels, andreeng...@gmail.com _______________________________________________ Tagging mailing list Tagging@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging
