[OSM-legal-talk] license change effect on un-tagged nodes

[M∡rtin Koppenhoefer]

2011/7/6 John Smith <deltafoxtrot256 at gmail.com>:
>> Unofficial Translation: "Reproducing of geographical facts which one gets by
>> surveying (for example the course of a mountain range, a river or a street
>> or the location of a locality) in a map isn't protected by copyright
>> (Urheberrecht)"

> So you are planning to copy from google maps then?


"Urheberrecht" is not the same as copyright. You can't assimilate a
decision on "Urheberrecht" to copyright.
Google in addition have their ToS.

cheers,
Martin