[talk-au] Statement from nearmap.com regarding submission ofderived works from PhotoMaps to OpenStreetMap

[David Groom]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "David Groom" <reviews at pacific-rim.net>
To: "OSM Australian Talk List" <talk-au at openstreetmap.org>; "Licensing and 
other legal discussions." <legal-talk at openstreetmap.org>
Sent: Thursday, June 16, 2011 1:16 AM
Subject: Re: [talk-au] Statement from nearmap.com regarding submission 
ofderived works from PhotoMaps to OpenStreetMap


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> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Ben Last" <ben.last at nearmap.com>
> To: "David Groom" <reviews at pacific-rim.net>; "OSM Australian Talk List" 
> <talk-au at openstreetmap.org>; "Licensing and other legal discussions." 
> <legal-talk at openstreetmap.org>
> Sent: Thursday, June 16, 2011 12:48 AM
> Subject: Re: [talk-au] Statement from nearmap.com regarding submission of 
> derived works from PhotoMaps to OpenStreetMap
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>> On 15 June 2011 19:52, David Groom <reviews at pacific-rim.net> wrote:
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>>> sorry to be pedantic, but when you say "the second paragraph allows 
>>> edits
>>> submitted before the 17th of  June 2011 under CC-BY-SA (i.e., by someone 
>>> who
>>> hadn't accepted the new CTs
>>> at the time of submission) .....   to stay in the database", do you mean 
>>> it
>>> is OK for someone who in the past has made edits based on Nearmap 
>>> imagery,
>>> (and who has not yet agreed to the CT's because they had used Nearmap) , 
>>> to
>>> now agree to the CT's without being in breach of Nearmaps T & C's?
>>>
>>> I know this may seem like splitting hairs, but there is a difference
>>> between "allowing edits to remain in the database" which is something 
>>> OSM
>>> sysadmins have control over, and "allowing users to agree to the CT's" 
>>> which
>>> is something individual OSM users have control over, and I'm just trying 
>>> to
>>> understand , as someone who has used Nearmap, but not agreed to the 
>>> CT's,
>>> where I stand.
>>>
>>> Pedantic is ok, this was written by lawyers!
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>> The second paragraph was drafted specifically to allow any 
>> NearMap-derived
>> edits made up to the 17th of June to stay in the OSM database.  As I
>> understand it, this statement allows a user to sign up to the new CTs
>> without violating our licence in respect of those edits.
>>
>> Regards
>> Ben
>>
> Ben
>
> many thanks for the quick, and clear,  response.
>

Ben

I should have added how impressed I am with the generous attitude that 
Nearmap has taken in regards to these past contributions, please pass my 
thanks on to those concerned.

David