[OSM-talk] Use of terms similar to "GEOCODE"

[Maarten Deen]

On 2013-05-23 15:10, Simon Poole wrote:
> Maarten, there is no need to start the discussion at square one again.
> We did what our counsel recommended in February as reported then (so 
> you
> can safely assume that counsel saw a certain potential for trouble in
> such usage). The list they provided is simply to illustrate usage that
> is unproblematic.

That's why I ask. I certainly do not want to start the discussion about 
the removal again, but some specific steps were taken and counsel did 
not see it fit to give that an example that usage of such links is 
unproblematic. I find that strange and almost a sign that the usage of 
GEOCODE in URLs _is_ problematic (however unlikely I find that, but 
IANAL).

Nevertheless, I take your answer as an "there is no problem entering a 
URL with the word GEOCODE into the OSM wiki" because that is what I 
would have liked to hear. Do correct me if I understand it wrong.

Regards,
Maarten

> Am 23.05.2013 14:57, schrieb Maarten Deen:
>> On 2013-05-23 14:38, Simon Poole wrote:
>>> As I promised in February I investigated with our North American
>>> counsel what they would consider acceptable use of terms similar to
>>> the GEOCODE trademark, they came back with examples that they all
>>> considered OK. I've created a wiki page for future reference
>>> http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Geocode_Trademark [1]
>> 
>> The lawyers didn't look at the use of geocode in the URLs of Google
>> maps? Is that or is that not legal to use? Or better: are we or are 
>> we
>> not allowed place such an URL in the wiki? Since that was what all 
>> the
>> hubbub was about, the removal of all these links.
>> 
>> Maarten
>> 
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