That was my understanding.  

It is difficult to defend the integrity and pedigree of the data behind 'the 
map' when people continue to use and cite sources like Google that are 
incompatibly licensed.  

It also makes it tough to call other organizations out when they improperly use 
OSM data.



On Apr 18, 2012, at 6:24 PM, Richard Weait <[email protected]> wrote:

> On Wed, Apr 18, 2012 at 4:40 PM, David Fawcett <[email protected]> 
> wrote:
>> On Wed, Apr 18, 2012 at 2:31 PM, Charlotte Wolter <[email protected]>
>> wrote:
>>>         I just separate them out, and look them up on Google or Bing, and
>>> try to move them to their correct locations.
> 
>> So Google is a legal data source under ODBL?
> 
> No it is not.  It has never been.  It will not be until explicit
> permission is granted by Google.
> 
> We do not copy from other maps.
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> with the very limited exception of those maps for which we have
> explicit permission to copy, which must be fully documented in
> advance.

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