Re: [OSM-legal-talk] Okay to trace from public-domain USGS DOQs?

2009-02-11 Thread Jukka Rahkonen
Russ Nelson writes: > > or since the original imagery is available from somewhere as PD just > > bypassing any doubt and go upstream. > > Haven't been able to find an alternative source. Suggestions > appreciated. http://seamless.usgs.gov/website/seamless/viewer.htm -Jukka- _

Re: [OSM-legal-talk] Okay to trace from public-domain USGS DOQs?

2009-02-11 Thread Jukka Rahkonen
Russ Nelson writes: > > Is it okay to trace into OSM from the public-domain USGS Topographic > and DOQ (Digital Orthographic Quads) aerial imagery? I think the > answer there should be clearly "yes". > Why not to ask directly from USGS about this and what they mean with their text "A coop

Re: [OSM-legal-talk] Okay to trace from public-domain USGS DOQs?

2009-02-11 Thread Russ Nelson
On Feb 11, 2009, at 3:27 PM, Frederik Ramm wrote: > you're basically asking whether a PD source retains its PD status > even if channeled through a number of probably non-PD services. > > This is no different from the question: If the OSM database is > licensed > "X", and if I put some data in

Re: [OSM-legal-talk] Okay to trace from public-domain USGS DOQs?

2009-02-11 Thread Russ Nelson
On Feb 11, 2009, at 5:25 PM, Andy Allan wrote: > On Wed, Feb 11, 2009 at 8:01 PM, Russ Nelson > wrote: >> Is it okay to trace into OSM from the public-domain USGS Topographic >> and DOQ (Digital Orthographic Quads) aerial imagery? I think the >> answer there should be clearly "yes". > > IS ye

Re: [OSM-legal-talk] Okay to trace from public-domain USGS DOQs?

2009-02-11 Thread Andy Allan
On Wed, Feb 11, 2009 at 8:01 PM, Russ Nelson wrote: > Is it okay to trace into OSM from the public-domain USGS Topographic > and DOQ (Digital Orthographic Quads) aerial imagery? I think the > answer there should be clearly "yes". IS yes, or SHOULD BE yes? I would suggest either getting confirmat

Re: [OSM-legal-talk] Okay to trace from public-domain USGS DOQs?

2009-02-11 Thread Andy Allan
On Wed, Feb 11, 2009 at 8:27 PM, Frederik Ramm wrote: > A co-worker of yours, CloudMade's very own Andy Allan, had this to say > about the topic: Just as well that none of us are lawyers then, eh? :-) Cheers, Andy ___ legal-talk mailing list legal-ta