[OSM-legal-talk] Warning about not mapping military areas

[Simon Poole]

Am 30.12.2020 um 23:35 schrieb Graeme Fitzpatrick:
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>
> Thanks everybody.
>
> In your various comments & links, LWG appears to relate to the 
> Licensing Group?
The licensing working group, it has / had a slightly larger remit than 
just licensing, for example IP matters and it wrote the ToU for the OSMF.
>
> Is there a dedicated Legal Group? I sent my message to 
> "legal at osmfoundation.org <mailto:legal at osmfoundation.org>" - does 
> anybody know if that is a valid address?
Yes.
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> Should this sort of question possibly be better raised with the DWG?
Yes and no. The DWG will likely point out that discretion should be 
used, but that it mostly a local matter if military objects are mapped 
or not.
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> On Wed, 30 Dec 2020 at 21:20, Simon Poole <simon at poole.ch 
> <mailto:simon at poole.ch>> wrote:
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>     I somehow doubt that the LWG will say anything else than what is
>     already the OSMFs stance on such matters
>     https://wiki.osmfoundation.org/wiki/Terms_of_Use#I._Introduction
>     <https://wiki.osmfoundation.org/wiki/Terms_of_Use#I._Introduction>
>
> & from that page:
>
> "*You are responsible for your own actions:* You are legally 
> responsible for your edits and contributions, so for your own 
> protection you should exercise caution and avoid contributing any 
> content that may result in criminal or civil liability under any 
> applicable laws. Although we may not agree with such actions, we warn 
> editors and contributors that authorities may seek to apply other 
> countries’ laws to you, including local laws where you live or where 
> you view or edit content. OSMF generally cannot offer any protection, 
> guarantee, immunity or indemnification"
> may be a good "warning" in itself?
>
That's why I pointed you to it, if you believe a warning is necessary 
you could simply link to the tou.

You would be really be mistaken to believe that the OSMF is going to do 
anything that would imply that it is involved in tagging (well that may 
have changed), curates or approves wiki content.

Simon

> Thanks
>
> Graeme
>
>
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