[OSM-legal-talk] Bing - Terms of Use

[Sebastian Klein]

Hi,

I'd like to discuss the MS Bing Maps Imagerty Service Editor Application 
API's Terms of Use [1], especially section 5 "Your Content". [2]

I don't really understand this paragraph, does it mean they want us to 
give them the vector data we trace from their imagery, so they can use 
it any form?

Does that imply we must always attribute Bing?

Regards, Sebastian

[1] http://opengeodata.org/microsoft-imagery-details
(hint: you can click the "(download)" link below the flash part to get a 
pdf version of the text)

[2] 5. Your Content. Except for material that we may license to you, we 
do not claim ownership of the content you post or otherwise provide to 
us, that is hosted by Microsoft or a third party hosting provider on 
Microsoft’s behalf, related to the service (called a “submission”). 
However, by posting or otherwise providing your submission (and for the 
avoidance of doubt, where Microsoft hosts content on your behalf 
including by a third party hosting provider this constitutes a 
“submission”, but where you host or a third party hosts content on your 
behalf, other than Microsoft or a third party hosting provider on behalf 
of Microsoft, this does not constitute a “submission”) , you are 
granting to Microsoft free permission to use, copy, distribute, display, 
publish, transcode and otherwise modify your submission, each in 
connection with the service, and sublicense these rights to others in 
order to provide the service.
We will not pay you for your submission. We may refuse to publish, and 
may remove your submission
from the service at any time. You understand that providing a submission 
to us that violates others’ copyrights and other Intellectual Property 
rights violates this agreement. For every submission you make, you must 
have all rights necessary for you to grant the permissions in this section.