[josm-dev] The Golden Rules

[Bryce Nesbitt]

On Sat, Aug 24, 2013 at 12:43 PM, Nicolás Alvarez <nicolas.alvarez at gmail.com
> wrote:

> 2013/8/24 Bryce Nesbitt <bryce2 at obviously.com>:
> > Is combining all the clues above (including clues left presumably by
> local
> > mappers), plus Google searches,  Knowledge?
>
> I've been told that "plus Google searches" gets you in licensing
> trouble. Not because of Google, of course, but because of the sites
> you find.


Copying from Google Map, or any other map: that's trouble.
Looking up a company or venue website prior to mapping it?  Fair game.
Copyrights don't cover facts, they cover expression.

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There is a problem spot, but it's more subtle. Say I visit a fruit stand
and map it.  I return home and
look up the fruit stand website to get the list of produce they offer.  On
the fruit stand website is google map, which I just glanced at.  Have I
contaminated the edit?