Re: [OSM-legal-talk] [HOT] Imagery license clarification needed

2013-08-29 Thread Stephan Knauss
Hello Kate, On 29.08.2013 02:24, Kate Chapman wrote: For OSM to be on the safe side: Would it be possible to document the permissions you have for tracing in a clearly understandable way in the wiki? The current license text leaves a bit of uncertainty what a derived imagery product is. I can

Re: [OSM-legal-talk] [HOT] Imagery license clarification needed

2013-08-29 Thread Mikel Maron
Stephen What happens if they suddenly decide  that this use is not covered as it's neither humanitarian nor  non-commercial?   The areas when NextView imagery is made available to HOT/OSM are clearly humanitarian need driven. NextView is a USG license and the interpretation is by their

Re: [OSM-legal-talk] [HOT] Imagery license clarification needed

2013-08-29 Thread Martin Koppenhoefer
2013/8/29 Mikel Maron mikel_ma...@yahoo.com Their is clear and full understanding by USG that data digitized into OSM is made available under the ODbL, which allows commercial use. This is stated on their website at https://hiu.state.gov/ittc/ittc.aspx(Description tab). Data cc-by-sa

Re: [OSM-legal-talk] [HOT] Imagery license clarification needed

2013-08-29 Thread Simon Poole
Mikel I believe there is a simple solution, please document the source with the full text of the licence or with a statement by the lawyer in question, since the later is unlikely to forthcoming (we probably wouldn't do that either), its going to be the former. I find it quite understandable