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

[John Smith]

On 18 August 2010 10:12, Anthony <osm at inbox.org> wrote:
> No.  It doesn't.  Even if satellite images can be copyrighted (and
> that alone is questionable), using them to make ways which follow
> roads almost surely wouldn't constitute a derivative work, because it
> doesn't copy any of the arguably creative decisions which go into
> making the satellite photo.

This isn't just a copyright issue, T&C may constitute a contract...

> Yahoo has already said that tracing from its images is not a breach of contract.

Since they aren't the copyright holder, or at least I don't think they
have any imagery sats of their own, that doesn't count for section 1
of the CTs, the copyright holder hasn't given explicit permission.