Dec 21, 2020, 01:43 by graemefi...@gmail.com: > > > > > On Mon, 21 Dec 2020 at 10:37, Martin Koppenhoefer <> dieterdre...@gmail.com> > > wrote: > >> >> imagine you were mapping something, and it is legal in the place where you >> are, but illegal in Britain, so you can not do it. Or you are seeing things >> in country A and when you’re in country B you add them to OpenStreetMap >> (from memory), which is legal in country B but not in country A. You might >> be able to do it and still be arrested when going back to country A. >> >> People also said in the past we should adhere to European law because >> otherwise our dataset can not be used in the EU (e.g. with respect to >> copyright and fair use). I am not sure if after the Brexit this will still >> be the OpenStreetMap-Foundation policy, or whether they focus completely on >> British law, but I am sure that Chinese law has not been deemed relevant by >> past and present osmf boards. >> > > I agree it's incredibly confusing, & a legal minefield (as well as > potentially a real one!), but if it's an issue, why haven't the "Warnings" > been deleted from the various military pages prior to this? > OSMF board is not spending hours on monitoring wiki pages. I am spending hours on monitoring wiki pages and noticed it only recently, and only in a new proposal. Anyone may edit Wiki and many things are present there because noone noticed what is written somewhere. > Somebody obviously considers that they should be noted there? > I am not against noting legal restrictions in some countries that may be dangerous for some mappers. But I am against implying that it is against OSM rules to map in China or map military bases in Russia/Israel/etc or that it is unwanted.
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