2015-03-31 12:51 GMT+01:00 Andrew Guertin <andrew.guer...@uvm.edu>: >> I wonder that nobody so far did spell out a warning about adding >> information from websites. The simple key website=* is ok, but every >> information like address, prizes and all the amenities is most of the >> time not usable due to license problems. >> >> cu fly > > > I'm pushing this offtopic and this discussion should probably go to > legal-talk (I've set reply-to there), but that paragraph does not match my > understanding of copyright law (IANAL, etc.). > > My understanding is that a piece of information like an address or phone > number is a fact and is ineligible for copyright protection. If the fact has > been collected into a database, though, the database is in some countries > eligible for protection under a separate form of IP. > > Thus if you go to a business' website to find their phone number and put it > in OSM, everything is okay, but if you go to a phone book to find it, that's > not okay and you could impact use of OSM in jurisdictions that have database > protections.
Andrew, you are correct. People who are concerned about licensing do forget this distinction sometimes. You've described it very well (the difference between copying a phone number and a phone book) Best Dan _______________________________________________ Tagging mailing list Tagging@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging
