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What I meant by legal assessment is that I would like to know what OSMF's layers<br>
think of this. I would assume that the OSMF has some sort of legal department,<br>
like the people who have drafted some of the fundamental legal documents (like<br>
Terms of Service, Privacy Policy, Contributor Terms, ODbL etc) regulating some<br>
aspects of OSMF's operations.<br>
<br></blockquote><div>OSMF does not have a legal department. OSMF has the Legal/Licensing Working Group. I am on that working group. If you want the opinion of the entire group, you are welcome to request it, and it will perhaps be taken up on the agenda.<br></div><div><br></div><div> <br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">
So, it is absolutely feasible that the Contributor Terms may lack something.<br>
Legal documents, laws, and regulations are not perfect. Nothing is. And, it is<br>
nothing to be ashamed of if anyone spots a loophole or gap in a legal document<br>
or regulation. It is an opportunity for improvement. The Contributor Terms have<br>
been drafted when OpenStreetMap was developing and was accepting not much more<br>
than map data contributions. So, it was sufficient to handle geo-database<br>
contributions only. Since then, OpenStreetMap has grown, new functionality and<br>
tools have been added. Perhaps OpenStreetMap's progress has outpaced its legal<br>
framework? Or maybe the legal framework did not keep up with OpenStreetMap's<br>
progress? I do not know. What I do know, is that “Content” is limited in scope<br>
to geo-database contributions in the Contributor Terms.<br>
<br></blockquote><div>I read "geo-database contributions" as including changeset comments & discussions and map notes, because they are tied to the map features. I do not think geo-database contributions include blog posts. <br></div><div> </div></div></div>