As I undertand their trademark, they only can decide the paths that are GR's but once they call a path a GR, everybody calls it a GR and so OSM calls it a GR ... and it goes on the map ...<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">
2009/9/7 Lennard <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:ldp@xs4all.nl">ldp@xs4all.nl</a>></span><br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
<div class="im">Peter Bienstman wrote:<br>
> Hi,<br>
><br>
> A project that is of interest to me is mapping out the GR footpaths, as<br>
> described in:<br>
><br>
> <a href="http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/WikiProject_Belgium/Walking_Routes" target="_blank">http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/WikiProject_Belgium/Walking_Routes</a><br>
<br>
</div>Great! But did you find any missing ones? We have so many entered in<br>
Belgium already. :)<br>
<div class="im"><br>
> However, I was wondering if we are legally allowed to do so. Our French<br>
<br>
</div>Yes, sure, go ahead.<br>
<div class="im"><br>
> friends don't seem to think so:<br>
><br>
> <a href="http://forum.openstreetmap.org/viewtopic.php?id=3665" target="_blank">http://forum.openstreetmap.org/viewtopic.php?id=3665</a><br>
><br>
> Or is the situation in Belgium different?<br>
<br>
</div>The situation in France isn't different, it's just that they're<br>
collectively scared of adding *publicly* marked routes into OSM.<br>
<br>
What would happen if I were to spend a holiday in France, and mapped a<br>
bit of GR and put it in OSM? Would they delete it? If they did, I'd just<br>
put it back. And back... and back.<br>
<br>
It's facts, people, nothing else. The only issue that could come into<br>
play is a trademarked or otherwise protected name. Fair usage also comes<br>
into play, then.<br>
<br>
--<br>
<font color="#888888">Lennard<br>
</font><div><div></div><div class="h5"><br>
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