[talk-au] Few questions about tagging ways in Australia

Steve Bennett stevagewp at gmail.com
Sun Sep 9 14:46:15 BST 2012


On Sun, Sep 9, 2012 at 3:06 PM, Richard Weait <richard at weait.com> wrote:
> I disagree in the strongest possible terms.  It is not perfectly valid
> to use those resources for OpenStreetMap and you are advised in every
> reference against using such resources.
>
> Don't copy anything into OpenStreetMap from any published map or other
> source without explicit permission.

I shouldn't have started this discussion - sorry. Suffice to say:

1) OSM policy is not to copy street names from any other source other
than appropriately licensed ones, or from physical street signs.
2) IMHO, this particular aspect of OSM policy is IMHO excessively
conservative with regards to actual copyright law. IMHO.

Welcome aboard.

Steve



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