Hi everyone! It seems that this list is magnet for very long, but sometimes useless threads.
There are several facts people should remember before invest in this discussion: 1. Common sensus/rule/whatever you call it in OSM is *not* touch copyrighted stuff without clear license/permission to use it very freely. Photos are copyrighted subject, even of your house in the street. Now, there are different *ongoing* legal discussions around the world about is it legal or not copy facts from photos. However, as long as those disputes are ongoing and haven't ended in clear court decision, we should avoid this - no matter how sweet is to have street names without doing ground survey; 2. We don't delete stuff just because we find it suspicious. Best is contact users first, get their POV, then contact data group. And that's pretty much it. We can discuss to death can we or can't we, but we won't copy stuff from Google. But we also won't delete stuff before discussing this in appropriate channels of communication. Instead of that, how about improving map using current sources - like Bing. And then going outside and writing down another bunch of house numbers and POIs. Cheers, Peter. O , 2012.11.06. 20:49 +1100, Ian Sergeant rakstīja: > On 6 November 2012 20:28, Pieren <[email protected]> wrote: > > A public domain street sign does not become automagically a > copyrighted "derivative work" just because you see it through > a > copyrighted photo. > > You are continuing to misrepresent what is at issue. > > 1. There are licence and contractual terms concerning the use of the > StreetView service. > 2. There is a possible interpretation of these conditions that may > well open one or more parties to legal action from the service > provider. > 3. The OSM project wants to remain beyond reproach when it comes to > its legal position on its data. > 4. Those who wish to use such services should take the perogative to > seek explicit permission to use them in the OSM context. > 5. If that permission isn't obtained, we shouldn't use them. > > So, which of these points do you disagree with? > > Ian. > > _______________________________________________ > talk mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk _______________________________________________ talk mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk
