On 15 June 2011 19:52, David Groom <[email protected]> wrote: > > sorry to be pedantic, but when you say "the second paragraph allows edits > submitted before the 17th of June 2011 under CC-BY-SA (i.e., by someone who > hadn't accepted the new CTs > at the time of submission) ..... to stay in the database", do you mean it > is OK for someone who in the past has made edits based on Nearmap imagery, > (and who has not yet agreed to the CT's because they had used Nearmap) , to > now agree to the CT's without being in breach of Nearmaps T & C's? > > I know this may seem like splitting hairs, but there is a difference > between "allowing edits to remain in the database" which is something OSM > sysadmins have control over, and "allowing users to agree to the CT's" which > is something individual OSM users have control over, and I'm just trying to > understand , as someone who has used Nearmap, but not agreed to the CT's, > where I stand. > > Pedantic is ok, this was written by lawyers!
The second paragraph was drafted specifically to allow any NearMap-derived edits made up to the 17th of June to stay in the OSM database. As I understand it, this statement allows a user to sign up to the new CTs without violating our licence in respect of those edits. Regards Ben
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