[OSM-legal-talk] SPOT image usable for OSM?

Richard Fairhurst richard at systemed.net
Tue Sep 13 14:36:52 BST 2011


ce-test, qualified testing bv - Gert Gremmen wrote:
> However, you may not use the OSM editor Potlatch, as integrated
> on the OSM website.  
> Listed are JOSM  / Viking and Merkaartor only.
> I do not know why

Because Spot do not permit their images to be offered for free access on the
web; they're available for offline use only. Makes no sense to me, but
that's their terms and they're entitled to set them!

> Maybe because they want us to make
> quality derived works of their data, and want to prevent the
> data soup some starting users success to build ?

You don't get any less offensive, do you, Gert? Sheesh.

Richard



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