[Tagging] Cycling relation misuse

[Dave F]

On 14/10/2019 00:17, Warin wrote:
> On 14/10/19 07:26, Volker Schmidt wrote:
>> (disclosure: I am academic member, but express my personal view)
>> The Great Divide route is, to my knowledge, not signposted. The 
>> source for thr route is most likely either a GPX track from ACA or a 
>> map set from ACA,  which has their copyright on it. aca sells the GPX 
>> track and the map.
>> For these reasons I think the Great Divide should no be in OSM.
>
> Say I used a copyright map to travel somewhere. During that trip I 
> generate a GPX track.
> Should I not then have the right to use that generated GPX track to 
> map things in OSM???

+1
Do it all the time using current UK OS maps.

PS Can anyone explain what an " academic member" is?

DaveF