On 30 March 2010 02:36, Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason <ava...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Is it legal to? > > * Use it in JOSM: Yes > * Edit data based on it: Yes > * Upload it to the OSM servers: No > > JOSM has the capability to use any server you want (or none at all), > not all servers are run at *.openstreetmap.org. > I didn't think of that. I know one could save it as .osm and then feed it into a renderer or other converting script.
> But really, don't send people hate mail just because they enable users > to do something non-free with OSM tools. I'm sure the FSF doesn't send > people who write non-free programs with Emacs hate mail :) > I think the comment he has put about hate mail is really bad though, it makes OSM out to be a bad project/community even though it created JOSM. Would it really hurt him to put a notice about copyright to say check out the Google license if you make data from the maps and it is not suitable to upload to OSM. Hmm, I suppose if you do click the "upload to OSM" button then you need a username & password, at which point you look at what OSM is (and I think a comment about acceptable data is given near registration?). I was feeling the button was too easy to use, because my password is saved and I never get prompted to have an account. -- Gregory o...@livingwithdragons.com http://www.livingwithdragons.com
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