[josm-dev] WMS requiring an EULA acceptance

[Pieren]

2010/8/12 Matthias Meißer <digi_c at arcor.de>

Technicaly it isn't possible to block 'not allowed' clients


I'm not sure about that. It could be a WMS customization (blocking the
images delivery if the user-agent is not in the white list), I don't know
this part well enough to answer.


> so best would be to let mappers somewhat register by mail/osm PM/.. so they
> can check who is online. During this step it is necessary to accept the
> EULA.
>
> They can add a watermark or brand similar to GMaps or something else
> technical to avoid 'piracy'.
>
>
This is something they might do as well, I don't know. But still, they want
that the imagery can be legally used to create derivated data in OSM only
(and not by commercial competitors). The things you suggest have been
studied in details with their lawyers and they found this solution as a
compromise (no user accounts to manage, simplicity, etc). Just click 'OK' on
the text asking you to use the imagery for OSM only. Sounds reasonable.

Pieren