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

[Richard Fairhurst]

Sebastian Klein wrote:
> 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?

No. Bear in mind that "us" means "Microsoft" when you read this:

| [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

We're not posting or providing any content to Microsoft, so it doesn't
apply.

Most of these terms are Bing's generic terms of use, with a few little
tweaks for the OSM case. That's why there are irrelevant clauses like this
in there. I think the terms might be revised a bit in coming weeks so don't
get too worried right now.

> Does that imply we must always attribute Bing?

No requirement. Obviously using source=Bing is OSM good practice, but
there's no requirement to attribute Bing.

cheers
Richard


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