[OSM-legal-talk] Nearmap vs CTs: any progress?

Anthony osm at inbox.org
Fri Nov 19 05:18:37 GMT 2010


On Thu, Nov 18, 2010 at 1:54 PM, Ed Avis <eda at waniasset.com> wrote:
> Anthony <osm at ...> writes:
>>The way I read it, Your Contents = "the material contributed by You,
>>as distinguished from the preexisting material employed in the work"
>
> So, if I just bulk-uploaded data from somewhere else, the 'Your Contents'
> would effectively be empty.  The upload would consist entirely of 'Other People's
> Contents'.

Correct.

Of course, even if you're not breaching a contract by intentionally
bulk-uploading data which is incompatible with the current license,
that doesn't mean you can't be blocked and/or have your edits reverted
for doing so.  That seems like the better place to address the issue
anyway.



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