A good start would be an explanation of why a user *wouldn't* be allowed to trace data from Yahoo. Why do they need permission in the first place?
On Tue, Aug 17, 2010 at 11:29 AM, David Groom <revi...@pacific-rim.net> wrote: > Is there anything available which would allow a user who has signed up to > the Contributor Terms to believe that he / she is allowed to trace from > Yahoo ? > > From http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Yahoo#Legalities > > "The agreement allows us to derive our vector-based map data from the aerial > photos owned by Yahoo! and to release these derived works with our open > content license " - and that licence is currently CC-BY-SA. > > and from later in that page "We don't have a written agreement explaining > exactly what is permitted. It seems to be more a case of agreeing an > interpretation of their Terms of Use. " > > So if there is some documentation which shows that Yahoo agrees to users > tracing data which is subject to the CT terms then please could someone put > a reference to it on the wiki, otherwise it would be difficult to see how a > user would be able to satisfy himself that it is allowed, and for other > users to satisfy themselves that tracing from Yahoo is not a breach of the > CT's > > David > > > > > _______________________________________________ > legal-talk mailing list > legal-t...@openstreetmap.org > http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/legal-talk > _______________________________________________ legal-talk mailing list legal-t...@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/legal-talk