[OSM-legal-talk] Non-existant streets

[John Smith]

--- On Wed, 12/8/09, Martin Koppenhoefer <dieterdreist at gmail.com> wrote:

> Actually this is not legal-talk anymore. I think the answer
> was:
> separate Layer if you run the servers on your own is OK,
> but please
> don't map nonexisting roads from other maps (and maybe with
> tag
> easter_egg=foomap) and put them into the main db.

That was one opinion there was other contradictory opinions given as well. We aren't copying from maps but trying to map an observation that will be very beneficial to others that come after us. It's just a question of how to do this in the most informative matter without risking problems with copyright.