Re: [Debconf-team] debconf11.com
We can distribute it.. I will make a downloadable POI file for GPS
devices such as Garmin, TomTom etc, so users can download on their GPS
units and use them while in Banja Luka regardless of them having map
installed... I don't know much about licenses but not selling other
peoples hard work for personal profit is moral thing to do.
Again, Garmin has nothing to do with this. Cheers.
On Sun, May 29, 2011 at 7:22 PM, Moray Allan <moray@sermisy.org> wrote:
> On Sun, May 29, 2011 at 5:55 PM, Dejan Marjanovic
> <dejan.marjanovic@gmail.com> wrote:
>> Regarding the POI, company Global GPS made them, and they are sold to
>> Garmin, and *freely given* to us (me, debconf), we can use them
>> whatever we like expect sell them... That is the most complete POI
>> database of Banja Luka.
>> http://pokit.etf.ba/get/80389cfaab4086603bad185ac0af68de.png
>> Translation: "Here you go, 584 POI's of Banja Luka as I have promised..."
>>
>> POI: Global GPS (extracted from map their own server for
>> DebConf11.com, not associated with Garmin in any way)
>
> Thank you for clearing up this detail. That appears to show that we
> can legally use the data, yes, which was my immediate concern. If we
> can't sell the data, they can't be under a DFSG-free licence, but we
> have already used completely non-free maps before, so that's not a
> regression. (People asked before about the contractual relationship
> between Global GPS and Garmin, but if we're only good-faith users of
> the data then that's not a big legal issue for us.)
>
> I will leave it to Phil and others to argue (again) the case that we
> should go further and use only DFSG-free map data!
>
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> Moray
>
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