[OSM-talk] Adding the full name of a business

M∡rtin Koppenhoefer dieterdreist at gmail.com
Wed Sep 29 10:21:43 BST 2010


2010/9/29 Ed Avis <eda at waniasset.com>:
> is somewhere between the two.  I guess if it is listed in the phone directory's
> business section under a particular name, then that name can go in OSM.


this is legally not correct, while it might be assumable for most
cases that it will go well. People have to agree to be listed in phone
directories, but that doesn't imply that they also want to be listed
on other services like OSM, or that their consent for the phone book
is in any way trasferable --- theoretically you would have to ask them
on an individual basis (and to be sure, get them sign a form that
consents the use of their data and keep this form in archive).

cheers,
Martin



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