OSM has permission to use imagery from Yahoo and Bing for tracing. We don't have such permission from Google, so if people trace from Google to add data to OSM, this will create problems in the future.
Why can't we be happy with what we do have? I'm a very happy camper since MS decided to do let us use their imagery. It's not the end of the world that it's 3 years old. Cheers, Jo 2011/1/28 Anthony <o...@inbox.org> > On Fri, Jan 28, 2011 at 2:59 AM, Frederik Ramm <frede...@remote.org> > wrote: > > Yes. It is certainly a problematic case but I am absolutely sure that the > > overwhelming use of Google in JOSM is to trace from it, compared to a > > negligible amount of non-copyright-infringing use. > > What argument do you have that tracing Google images is copyright > infringement? > > And why doesn't that same argument apply to Bing or Yahoo? In some > cases, Google is even using the exact same images as Bing and/or > Yahoo. > > If you want to make the argument that tracing Google images is > copyright infringement, you are free to do so. But JOSM is used by > more than just openstreetmap, so don't impose that (incorrect) idea > onto everyone. > > _______________________________________________ > josm-dev mailing list > josm-dev@openstreetmap.org > http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/josm-dev > _______________________________________________ josm-dev mailing list josm-dev@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/josm-dev
