[OSM-talk] Import guidelines proposal update

[Jonathan Bennett]

On 19/09/2012 17:26, Pieren wrote:
> So, theoretically, we might have the same issue when tracing from Bing
> for instance. Should we use a different account for Bing imagery
> contributions as well, just in case we move later to a licence
> incompatible with Bing ?

No, because tracing over Bing isn't the same as importing data. It's
producing data from scratch by interpreting an image. There are still
legal arguments about this, but there are heavy hints that, providing
the T&Cs of the imagery provider don't forbid it (i.e. Bing doesn't,
Google does), no copyright or licence carries across from the imagery to
what's traced from it.

There are similar issues with using imagery to create data as importing
it, but they're related to accuracy, not licensing.

-- 
Jonathan (Jonobennett)