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

[Anthony]

On Mon, Jan 4, 2010 at 2:26 PM, Roy Wallace <waldo000000 at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Tue, Jan 5, 2010 at 2:54 AM, Anthony <osm at inbox.org> wrote:
> >
> > You have to be able to "copy facts" from time to time.
> > And that means you have to use your own judgment as to what constitutes a
> > copyright infringement and what constitutes legitimate research.
>
> "Use your own judgment"? On this issue, I don't feel comfortable with
> that, as I'm not a lawyer. I'm going with the consensus, which is to
> err on the safe side, and "Don't copy from other maps".
>

I find it incredibly strange that you're more comfortable relying on "the
consensus" than your own judgment, but hey, whatever works for you.
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