[OSM-talk] Illegal activity

[Shaun McDonald]

On 1 Nov 2009, at 20:17, Anthony wrote:

> On Sun, Nov 1, 2009 at 2:06 PM, Peteris Krisjanis <pecisk at gmail.com>  
> wrote:
>> Anyway, to resume all this discussion - PLEASE don't trace from photo
>> without permission for OSM, whatever your temptations are.
>
> Permission from whom, and in what form?  Supposedly the Yahoo images
> are okay, but 1) Yahoo didn't take the pictures in the first place,
> and 2) I haven't verified that Yahoo even gave permission (who signed
> the waiver?  what indication do we have that they were authorized to
> do so?  can I see a copy of the waiver?  what exactly are the terms?).
>
> I'm hesitant to push that issue, but hey, if OSM decides to stop
> helping people trace from Yahoo maybe someone else will come along
> with less silly rules.
>

http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Yahoo has the information you want  
about the legalities of Yahoo.

Shaun