Re: [OSM-legal-talk] What should be considered legal?

2009-10-28 Thread rhn
Martin Koppenhoefer wrote: Thanks. The reason I asked that was that I frequently forget where the GPS trace was taken - was it a road or a track, which village or whatever else. This usually happens in areas where OSM map is pitch white :) Yahoo maps aren't very helpful there either.

Re: [OSM-legal-talk] What should be considered legal?

2009-10-27 Thread Martin Koppenhoefer
Thanks. The reason I asked that was that I frequently forget where the GPS trace was taken - was it a road or a track, which village or whatever else. This usually happens in areas where OSM map is pitch white :) Yahoo maps aren't very helpful there either. well, you can still upload the

Re: [OSM-legal-talk] What should be considered legal?

2009-10-25 Thread rhn
Matt Amos wrote: On 10/24/09, Martin Koppenhoefer dieterdre...@gmail.com wrote: 2009/10/21 rhn opstmaac@porcupinefactory.org: I'm a mapper for more than a year, and I know a little bit about intellectual property, but some questions have been puzzling me for quite some time. First of

Re: [OSM-legal-talk] What should be considered legal?

2009-10-24 Thread Matt Amos
On 10/24/09, Martin Koppenhoefer dieterdre...@gmail.com wrote: 2009/10/21 rhn opstmaac@porcupinefactory.org: I'm a mapper for more than a year, and I know a little bit about intellectual property, but some questions have been puzzling me for quite some time. First of them - how much is

[OSM-legal-talk] What should be considered legal?

2009-10-21 Thread rhn
I'm a mapper for more than a year, and I know a little bit about intellectual property, but some questions have been puzzling me for quite some time. First of them - how much is allowed when referring to proprietary maps? Is it right to look at the street names to see whether I got them right?