Re: [OSM-legal-talk] use of auckland city council aerial photos fortracing

2010-11-29 Thread Simon Poole
Simple solution: ask the city council. Simon - Original Message - From: "Robin Paulson" To: "Licensing and other legal discussions." Sent: Tuesday, November 30, 2010 3:20 AM Subject: [OSM-legal-talk] use of auckland city council aerial photos fortracing hi, auckland city council pr

[OSM-legal-talk] use of auckland city council aerial photos for tracing

2010-11-29 Thread Robin Paulson
hi, auckland city council provides very high resolution photos, which some nz users would like to use for tracing. this is the "license" under which we can use the data. i'm not sure how to proceed. some advice, please? [quote] You are permitted to use this website and any data, maps, plans, cont

Re: [OSM-legal-talk] Why is the data protected?

2010-11-29 Thread Anthony
On Sun, Nov 28, 2010 at 2:51 PM, Andreas Perstinger wrote: > Isn't the content the users provide just facts (at least the > coordinates, some tags could be questionable)? I don't think it's quite that simple. If I draw a complex intersection on a piece of paper, that's not a fact, but an express

Re: [OSM-legal-talk] Why is the data protected?

2010-11-29 Thread Andreas Perstinger
On 2010-11-28 21:39, Mike Dupont wrote: I have also asked this question. If the old license is not any good, then they should not need our permission to just take the data. After some more reading and thinking I am of the opinion that there are two parts of the problem: the license and the per