> What I meant by legal assessment is that I would like to know what OSMF's > layers > think of this. I would assume that the OSMF has some sort of legal > department, > like the people who have drafted some of the fundamental legal documents > (like > Terms of Service, Privacy Policy, Contributor Terms, ODbL etc) regulating > some > aspects of OSMF's operations. > > OSMF does not have a legal department. OSMF has the Legal/Licensing Working Group. I am on that working group. If you want the opinion of the entire group, you are welcome to request it, and it will perhaps be taken up on the agenda.
> So, it is absolutely feasible that the Contributor Terms may lack > something. > Legal documents, laws, and regulations are not perfect. Nothing is. And, > it is > nothing to be ashamed of if anyone spots a loophole or gap in a legal > document > or regulation. It is an opportunity for improvement. The Contributor Terms > have > been drafted when OpenStreetMap was developing and was accepting not much > more > than map data contributions. So, it was sufficient to handle geo-database > contributions only. Since then, OpenStreetMap has grown, new functionality > and > tools have been added. Perhaps OpenStreetMap's progress has outpaced its > legal > framework? Or maybe the legal framework did not keep up with > OpenStreetMap's > progress? I do not know. What I do know, is that “Content” is limited in > scope > to geo-database contributions in the Contributor Terms. > > I read "geo-database contributions" as including changeset comments & discussions and map notes, because they are tied to the map features. I do not think geo-database contributions include blog posts.
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