[OSM-legal-talk] Someone already had a look at theBing TermsofUse?

[Andreas Perstinger]

On 2010-12-23 04:14, Anthony wrote:
> I guess...  Isn't Bing supposed to be coming out with a more clear
> license?  This would be one point for them to clarify.

Good point. I think the discussion here on the mail list is not leading 
to a clear license because we all are just interpreting and guessing.

Wouldn't it be better to tell Bing your special case/your questions? 
They have a legal department which should know what they want and with 
the questions they get feedback that their license isn't that clear as 
they probably thought it is.

>> Bing explicitly says it's ok for contributing to OSM.
>
> I'd say it's implicit, rather than explicit.  They say you must
> contribute the data to OSM, which implies that they give you
> permission to do so.
>
> I guess the license doesn't explicitly state whether or not others are
> then allowed to modify or redistribute that contributed data, be they
> forks, or mirrors, or Bing competitors, or otherwise.

I think we mean the same. It's clear for OSM, unclear for the rest, right?

Bye, Andreas