On 11 July 2011 10:55, Andrew Harvey <andrew.harv...@gmail.com> wrote: > It is my understanding that Bing essentially said to OSM "yes you can > upload to OSM". > > We as a community can't verify this. > http://www.microsoft.com/maps/product/terms.html mentions nothing, all > we have is http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/File:Bing_license.pdf > which we can't verify as authentic. >
The official Bing blog: http://www.bing.com/community/site_blogs/b/maps/archive/2010/12/01/bing-maps-aerial-imagery-in-openstreetmap.aspx published by Brian Hendricks - Bing Maps Product Manager > But even if it is and can be proved to be authentic, unless Microsoft > also state that OSM has permission to license traced data it out to > others as CC-BY-SA, simply saying yes you can trace and upload to OSM > isn't enough in my opinion. As this would be a license specific to > OSM, and wouldn't allow others who use OSM data to use the bing data. > The traced data is a new work and therefore untainted by the Bing license. (NearMap doesn't see using aerial imagery this way.) The license is also a specific terms of use grant to OSM with the condition the derived data is uploaded to OSM. Regards Grant _______________________________________________ legal-talk mailing list legal-talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/legal-talk
