Re: [OSM-talk] Anonymous edits on OpenStreetMap through Tor

2010-10-09 Thread Johann H. Addicks
> is anyone contributing to OpenStreetMap by using Tor? (the onion router) if i where sitting in china, mapping for OSM, i would certainly use tor for this... -jha- ___ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listin

Re: [OSM-talk] Abnormal votings on military objects in RU wiki part; PocketGIS madness

2010-04-12 Thread Johann H. Addicks
> Komzpa is out of reach of Russian state authorities. Russian citizens are > not. That is the only thing I wanted to tell specifing that he is from > Belorussia. Official german map providers have a very nice tagging for military areas and other not public areas "owned" by the gouvernment, the

Re: [OSM-talk] Abnormal votings on military objects in RU wiki part; PocketGIS madness

2010-04-12 Thread Johann H. Addicks
> military, but it is used/guarded by them. It would surprise me if there are > no signs to tell you it is something to do by the military. There are nice echelon sites in germany which just have high fences and signs warning about high voltage. But plate stating something about military or use

Re: [OSM-legal-talk] Licensing Working Group report, 2009/01/22

2009-01-29 Thread Johann H. Addicks
> That's a good summation of the reasoning for an evolving license. I consider evolving licenses as evil blank cheques. ("i agree to this version of licence and any future version relased by $FOUNDATION") Even if there is preamble saying "all future versions will be in the same faith like th

Re: [OSM-legal-talk] 23rd Dec board meeting

2009-01-29 Thread Johann H. Addicks
> Thanks for the explanations and clarifications. One question remains > from me: what steps are being taken to avoid OSM users committing > unnecessary wilful trademark infringement at this time? The very plane question for me is: Can i still offer OSM-stickers and T-shirts on a public website f

[OSM-legal-talk] Copyright of OSM-Logo (was: Creation of a user box in wikipedia user profiles)

2008-11-14 Thread Johann H. Addicks
> Got it ! > http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Image:Openstreetmap_logo.svg The copyright of the OSM-Logo itself is CC-sa-by? -jha- ___ legal-talk mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/legal-talk

Re: [OSM-talk] Recommendations for a new GPS Device?

2008-11-12 Thread Johann H. Addicks
> Someone is bound to say "eTrex Legend HCx" so let me be the first. Don't do that. I own one and can definitly say: The receiver is VERY crappy in terms of accuracy. As i use this device (Vista HCx) for geocaching, i was rather unsatisfied with the recorded tracks when i started comparing

Re: [OSM-talk] Code of conduct for automated (mass-) edits

2008-09-29 Thread Johann H. Addicks
[..Proposal for bots..] I completly agree. > 2. Make sure your tools and knowledge are good: You have to be able to > revert your changes if something goes wrong, and you need to keep any > collateral damage to an absolute minimum. If you cannot guarantee that, > ask someone for help who can. Is

Re: [OSM-legal-talk] Can I buy some maps to draw my City?

2008-09-24 Thread Johann H. Addicks
> And what about the source tag? Some special one? Or simply > source=geoserwer.pl or better source=techmex s.a.? If he want's an attribution inside our database, you have to ask HIM. But if the topic is not already on the agenda or explicitly unclear: Do not trigger the topic. Otherwise you

Re: [OSM-legal-talk] Can I buy some maps to draw my City?

2008-09-22 Thread Johann H. Addicks
> They: Yes, if the product created by you does not contain any part or > all of our orthophotomaps and it wont be posssible to obtain from the > file our orthophotomaps (clearly - the layers must be seperated)." > What do you think about this? It sounds fair. He does not forbid derived artwork