[openstreetmap/openstreetmap-website] Searching for an emergency location by name and latlong, not permited? (#2113)

[Frederik Ramm]

The terms of use say: "You may not operate dangerous businesses such as emergency services or air traffic control, where the use or failure of the Services could lead to death, personal injury or significant property damage". 

The reason for this is that we cannot guarantee that OSM is correct and complete. If someone used our data in a life-threatening situation and then someone dies because of an error in the data, we do not want to be responsible. We want to be able to say: "Sorry, you contravened our terms of use."

If someone uses our data in a life-threatening situation a live is saved by it, we don't intend to sue them.

This is a very common way of disclaiming liability in terms-of-use legalese. Making the query is allowed; but letting a life depend on the outcome of the query is not.

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