[josm-dev] license of data produced by JOSM

2014-11-20 Thread Tobias Wendorff
Hi there, JOSM is one of the best mapping tools with topological support. In comparism to widely spread CAD software, like Microstation, it's reduced to the needs of a mapper. Missing features, like mapping bank/slops can easily be added by external python scripts. My clients often ask whether

Re: [josm-dev] license of data produced by JOSM

2014-11-20 Thread Dirk Stöcker
On Thu, 20 Nov 2014, Tobias Wendorff wrote: JOSM is one of the best mapping tools with topological support. In comparism to widely spread CAD software, like Microstation, it's reduced to the needs of a mapper. Missing features, like mapping bank/slops can easily be added by external python

Re: [josm-dev] license of data produced by JOSM

2014-11-20 Thread Marko Mäkelä
On Thu, Nov 20, 2014 at 12:51:55PM +0100, Tobias Wendorff wrote: Hi there, JOSM is one of the best mapping tools with topological support. In comparism to widely spread CAD software, like Microstation, it's reduced to the needs of a mapper. Missing features, like mapping bank/slops can easily

Re: [josm-dev] license of data produced by JOSM

2014-11-20 Thread Serge Wroclawski
As other have pointed out, Josm itself has no restrictions, but for example, Bing imagery does. You can't use it for non-OSM projects AFAIK, as an example. And of course there are data license issues with various data sources. - Serge On Thu, Nov 20, 2014 at 6:51 AM, Tobias Wendorff

Re: [josm-dev] license of data produced by JOSM

2014-11-20 Thread Tobias Wendorff
Am Do, 20.11.2014, 13:12 schrieb Dirk Stöcker: JOSM does not give you any restrictions regarding the license of data modified or created with it. Thanks for this information! But license restrictions can come from other data like loaded imports and background imagery. Sure :) Donations:

Re: [josm-dev] license of data produced by JOSM

2014-11-20 Thread Tobias Wendorff
Am Do, 20.11.2014, 13:16 schrieb Marko Mäkelä: JOSM is licensed under the GNU GPL, which guarantees the four freedoms listed at https://gnu.org/philosophy/free-sw.html Thanks for pointing me. Only if you import some data sources into JOSM and create a derivative work based on that, then

Re: [josm-dev] license of data produced by JOSM

2014-11-20 Thread Tobias Wendorff
Am Do, 20.11.2014, 14:11 schrieb Serge Wroclawski: As other have pointed out, Josm itself has no restrictions, but for example, Bing imagery does. You can't use it for non-OSM projects AFAIK, as an example. And of course there are data license issues with various data sources. Yeah, I know.