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

[John Smith]

On 18 August 2010 09:37, Anthony <osm at inbox.org> wrote:
> By the way, all the images I've personally seen in the Yahoo API (this
> isn't the same as maps.yahoo.com) are most likely USGS.  So there is
> no license.  It's public domain.

Maybe for the US, but what about the rest of the world? AFAIK they
source their imagery commercially.

> Well, it's not *their* imagery.  But no, there's no explicit
> permission to use the imagery.  Nor would I say there is there
> anything in the OSM contributor terms which says there needs to be.

Yes there is, section 1, the bit about being the copyright holder, or
having explicit permission from the copyright holder.