[OSM-talk] Sourcing street names - what's the policy, and why?

[John Smith]

2010/1/3 Anthony <osm at inbox.org>:
> I'd say a key provision there is the one about "repeated and systematic
> extraction of insubstantial parts".  If you're just using a map site
> occasionally, when you hit a snag, that's one thing.  If you're
> systematically using it on road after road, that's another.

I know for a fact that Google has plenty of mapping errors,
intentional or otherwise, why would this juust be limited to the
streets drawn?