[OSM-legal-talk] Is tracing from Yahoo allowed under the CT's

[Anthony]

A good start would be an explanation of why a user *wouldn't* be
allowed to trace data from Yahoo.  Why do they need permission in the
first place?

On Tue, Aug 17, 2010 at 11:29 AM, David Groom <reviews at pacific-rim.net> wrote:
> Is there anything available which would allow a user who has signed up to
> the Contributor Terms to believe that he / she is allowed to trace from
> Yahoo ?
>
> From http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Yahoo#Legalities
>
> "The agreement allows us to derive our vector-based map data from the aerial
> photos owned by Yahoo! and to release these derived works with our open
> content license " - and that licence is currently CC-BY-SA.
>
> and from later in that page  "We don't have a written agreement explaining
> exactly what is permitted. It seems to be more a case of agreeing an
> interpretation of their Terms of Use. "
>
> So if there is some documentation which shows that Yahoo agrees to users
> tracing data which is subject to the CT terms then please could someone put
> a reference to it on the wiki, otherwise it would be difficult to see how a
> user would be able to satisfy himself that it is allowed, and for other
> users to satisfy themselves that tracing from Yahoo is not a breach of the
> CT's
>
> David
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