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

Simon Poole notifications at github.com
Sun Jan 13 08:28:16 UTC 2019


I wanted to ignore this thread, because of intense silliness, but seems as if I can't get around it:

- the background is the claim of the OLC advocates that 

> OSM is used in many situations where mapping and other local GIS resources are limited or not at all available, for example for aid and emergency services. 

to which I pointed out 

> For example you list " for example for aid and emergency services. " as a reason to support OLC on openstreetmap.org But not only is that clearly not the target audience, such use is explicitly not allowed ...

(the proponents o OLC have in the meantime edited my comment, not good form at all). Unluckily the OSMF board continues to fail to make a clear statement on the first part, but in this specific case it is clear from the ToU. 

- our distribution licence does not restrict how you can use our data. We don't warrant any specific fitness for any purpose, but if you want to run an ambulance dispatching centre using OSM data you are free to do so as long as you do not make us liable for anything goes wrong (which is likely the same for all non-government data sources worldwide).

- the ToU do exclude a number of uses of the services and infrastructure formally provided by the OSMF. I believe that I don't have to detail why. As a result you cannot, without violating the ToU operate an ambulance dispatching centre using openstreetmap.org and associated services. Where exactly this stops is naturally a bit of a gray area, obviously individuals can look up anything they want, actively promoting that openstreetmap.org be used for such would likely fall afoul of the terms. 



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