[OSM-legal-talk] Privacy and Terms

[Frederik Ramm]

Hi,

Ulf Möller wrote:
>> I think if your planned licence change requires people to agree to
>> these very lengthy and legalistic 'terms and conditions' then it's an
>> indication that you are doing something wrong.
> 
> It doesn't. It's just that during a review of the proposed license, a 
> lawyer pointed out that it is good practice to have terms of use for the 
> website. That recommendation would still stand if we chose not to change 
> the license.

If we really must have such terms and conditions, and I still think we 
don't and am 1000% with what Ed Avis just wrote on boneheaded policies, 
then please at least put a giant banner on top:

"This page is about the use of the openstreetmap.org web site only. It 
has NO RELEVANCE WHATSOEVER for you if you download OpenStreetMap data 
from somewhere and use that data, or if you use an OpenStreetMap editor 
to upload data. The only legal documents regulating that kind of 
participation are: ..."

Bye
Frederik

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