Comments on: Help me speak at State of the Map! http://www.opencontentlawyer.com/2009/07/help-me-speak-at-state-of-the-map/ copyright, content, and you Fri, 28 May 2010 08:21:32 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: David Earl http://www.opencontentlawyer.com/2009/07/help-me-speak-at-state-of-the-map/#comment-699 David Earl Mon, 06 Jul 2009 17:21:00 +0000 http://www.opencontentlawyer.com/?p=152#comment-699 I think the most useful things you could address are to illustrate what one is and isn't allowed to do by way of real world examples rather than the abstract form of the license. For example: I print a map (picture) in a book: what obligations does that create for me for that page in the book and/or the whole book? Or similarly: I use the map (by visually finding the location by reference to feature son the map) to geolocate a photo (embed the position of the photo in the photo file): can I use the information then embedded in the photo to position it automatically on top of a Google map? Or: I make and sell a SatNav (let's say, for novelty, one specifically designed for bicycles) storing, and perhaps updating, a subset of OpenStreetMap data itself (not just pictorial maps) inside the device. What are my obligations - do I have to provide some kind of interface for anyone to get the data out again to satisfy Share Alike conditions? If I change the format to suit my application, is it sufficient to reference the original data? Is the copyright on my software which makes the data visible and usable affected? Etc, etc. I think the most useful things you could address are to illustrate what one is and isn’t allowed to do by way of real world examples rather than the abstract form of the license.

For example: I print a map (picture) in a book: what obligations does that create for me for that page in the book and/or the whole book?

Or similarly: I use the map (by visually finding the location by reference to feature son the map) to geolocate a photo (embed the position of the photo in the photo file): can I use the information then embedded in the photo to position it automatically on top of a Google map?

Or: I make and sell a SatNav (let’s say, for novelty, one specifically designed for bicycles) storing, and perhaps updating, a subset of OpenStreetMap data itself (not just pictorial maps) inside the device. What are my obligations – do I have to provide some kind of interface for anyone to get the data out again to satisfy Share Alike conditions? If I change the format to suit my application, is it sufficient to reference the original data? Is the copyright on my software which makes the data visible and usable affected?

Etc, etc.

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