[OSM-talk] Florist apologises: A florist says changing competitors' details on Google Maps 'became an addiction'.

[Frederik Ramm]

Hi.

andrzej zaborowski wrote:
>> Wonder if the police would bother pursuing the matter if people were
>> caught for the same offence on OSM?
> 
> I don't think it would be an offense, when you join OSM you're not
> agreeing to provide true information, only that you produced it.

Probably in most jurisdictions the intent will come into the equation. 
If I make a random change in OSM data just for laughs, then it will be 
hard to make a case against me, but if I change a road to lead over a 
cliff, knowing full well that my enemy #1 is going to download the data 
into his satnav that night and then blindly trust it then I might be 
facing trouble, no matter whether OSM had a big red "this is all just 
for laughs" message when you sign on or not.

Bye
Frederik

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