What you stated makes sense. It's probably better not to make waves. I've got some USDA imagery I can use instead, although the resolution isn't as good.
The Sunburned Surveyor On Fri, Oct 10, 2008 at 4:58 PM, Frederik Ramm <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > > Sunburned Surveyor wrote: >> I wonder why release of data under the public domain might make Yahoo >> uneasy. It might actually make them less uneasy, since they could then >> do what they wanted with the data that was produced. > > My hunch is that they *might* just have overstepped (or at least: very > liberally interpreted) their own rights vis a vis the people they buy > their aerial imagery from. - Ed Parsons once said that Google had to pay > extra for "traceable" aerial imagery as the "normal" licenses would not > have been suitable for using the material in an application like > MapMaker. If none of us makes too much noise then we'll all get away > with it - the people from whom Yahoo license their imagery might well > know what we're doing but as long as it is limited to OSM they might not > care too much as they can still sell their premium "traceable" licenses > to other people. > > Just a hunch though, might be completely off. Mikel Maron is the guy who > had the talks with Yahoo so he's probably best suited to give you details. > > Bye > Frederik > > -- > Frederik Ramm ## eMail [EMAIL PROTECTED] ## N49°00'09" E008°23'33" > > _______________________________________________ > legal-talk mailing list > legal-talk@openstreetmap.org > http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/legal-talk > _______________________________________________ legal-talk mailing list legal-talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/legal-talk
