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 frede...@remote.org 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

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 there

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

2009-02-11 Thread Jukka Rahkonen
Russ Nelson r...@... 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-