On 2013-05-23 15:10, Simon Poole wrote:
Maarten, there is no need to start the discussion at square one again.
We did what our counsel recommended in February as reported then (so
you
can safely assume that counsel saw a certain potential for trouble in
such usage). The list they provided is simply to illustrate usage that
is unproblematic.
That's why I ask. I certainly do not want to start the discussion about
the removal again, but some specific steps were taken and counsel did
not see it fit to give that an example that usage of such links is
unproblematic. I find that strange and almost a sign that the usage of
GEOCODE in URLs _is_ problematic (however unlikely I find that, but
IANAL).
Nevertheless, I take your answer as an "there is no problem entering a
URL with the word GEOCODE into the OSM wiki" because that is what I
would have liked to hear. Do correct me if I understand it wrong.
Regards,
Maarten
Am 23.05.2013 14:57, schrieb Maarten Deen:
On 2013-05-23 14:38, Simon Poole wrote:
As I promised in February I investigated with our North American
counsel what they would consider acceptable use of terms similar to
the GEOCODE trademark, they came back with examples that they all
considered OK. I've created a wiki page for future reference
http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Geocode_Trademark [1]
The lawyers didn't look at the use of geocode in the URLs of Google
maps? Is that or is that not legal to use? Or better: are we or are
we
not allowed place such an URL in the wiki? Since that was what all
the
hubbub was about, the removal of all these links.
Maarten
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