[NUUG kart] [OSM-legal-talk] [Imports] N50 imports from Kartverket (The Norwegian Mapping Authority)

Sverre Didriksen sverre.didriksen at usit.uio.no
Tue Jun 24 09:38:58 CEST 2014


>-----Original Message-----
>From: kart-bounces at nuug.no [mailto:kart-bounces at nuug.no] On Behalf Of
>Tor
>Sent: Monday, June 23, 2014 7:38 PM
>To: kartliste NUUGs; imports at openstreetmap.org; legal-
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>Subject: Re: [NUUG kart] [OSM-legal-talk] [Imports] N50 imports from
>Kartverket (The Norwegian Mapping Authority)
>
>23. juni 2014 kl. 08:35 skrev Frederik Ramm <frederik at remote.org>:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> On 06/23/2014 02:30 AM, N/A N/A wrote:
>>> As far as I can see it ODbL section 4.3 would actually require OSM to
>>> credit them in one way or another,
>>
>> Yes, but CC-BY does not say "in one way or another", it says:
>>
>> "... in any reasonable manner requested by the Licensor"
>>
>> which means that Kartverket get so say how they want to be attributed.
>> CC-BY goes on to say
>>
>> "in any reasonable manner based on the medium, means, and context in
>> which You Share the Licensed Material."
>>
>> but saying "the context is OSM and therefor the reasonable manner is to
>> list them on our copyright page" might be far-fetched.
>>
>> That's why we usually double check with the licensor if our kind of
>> attribution is ok with them, instead of just saying "I don't see any
>> problems" and continuing ;)
>
>In the case of Kartverket, the licensing should be OK because:
>1. Kartverket has confirmed that we can integrate their data.
>2. Kartverket has confirmed that attribution on a single page
>with a list of contributors is sufficient.
>3. Kartverket has been added to the list of contributors:
><http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Contributors#Kartverket_.
>28Norwegian_Mapping_Authority.29>.
>
>Are there any disagreements here?
>

This is very correct.

-Sverre




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