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

[morb.gis at beagle.com.au]

Quoting Frederik Ramm <frederik at remote.org>:

> Hi,
>
> Richard Weait wrote:
> > Or as the JOSM message page says, "Don't copy from other maps"

> We don't copy from other maps. Fine. If I am in a foreign place and I
> ask a local what the name of the road is, and he draws out his A-Z
> (saying: "I've been living here for decades and still cannot remember!")
> then proceeds to give me the name... have I copied from the A-Z?

Only if you then pass it on.

Brendan