[josm-dev] Fwd: Filter Google from Imagery?

[Anthony]

On Fri, Jan 28, 2011 at 2:59 AM, Frederik Ramm <frederik at remote.org> wrote:
> Yes. It is certainly a problematic case but I am absolutely sure that the
> overwhelming use of Google in JOSM is to trace from it, compared to a
> negligible amount of non-copyright-infringing use.

What argument do you have that tracing Google images is copyright infringement?

And why doesn't that same argument apply to Bing or Yahoo?  In some
cases, Google is even using the exact same images as Bing and/or
Yahoo.

If you want to make the argument that tracing Google images is
copyright infringement, you are free to do so.  But JOSM is used by
more than just openstreetmap, so don't impose that (incorrect) idea
onto everyone.