[OSM-legal-talk] Legal or not? user srpskicrv and source = TOPO 25 VGI BEOGRAD

[Frederik Ramm]

Hi,

On 10/02/2010 03:43 PM, Ed Avis wrote:
> This is pretty clear, then: OSM also needs to be usable on Serbian territory,
> so it can't use the maps.

Right... and OSM needs to be usable in India too, so it must show 
Kashmir as belonging to India as it would otherwise be illegal. And of 
course OSM must be usable in Pakistan so it must show Kashmir as 
disputed territory otherwise it would be illegal. And in China of 
course, we must only include mapping that as been supervised by local 
goverments and done by mappers who are approved by central government. 
And as for N Korea, we should probably delete that altogether.

I'm not taking sides in the issue at hand; I just want to point out that 
"strict adherence to every national law in every country" is not out no. 
#1 priority, or even achievable at all. In all likelihood, OSM does and 
always will violate laws in some countries; we have to make a sensible 
choice about which laws we want to violate and where.

Bye
Frederik