On Mon, 21 Dec 2020 at 10:37, Martin Koppenhoefer <dieterdre...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > imagine you were mapping something, and it is legal in the place where you > are, but illegal in Britain, so you can not do it. Or you are seeing things > in country A and when you’re in country B you add them to OpenStreetMap > (from memory), which is legal in country B but not in country A. You might > be able to do it and still be arrested when going back to country A. > > People also said in the past we should adhere to European law because > otherwise our dataset can not be used in the EU (e.g. with respect to > copyright and fair use). I am not sure if after the Brexit this will still > be the OpenStreetMap-Foundation policy, or whether they focus completely on > British law, but I am sure that Chinese law has not been deemed relevant by > past and present osmf boards. > I agree it's incredibly confusing, & a legal minefield (as well as potentially a real one!), but if it's an issue, why haven't the "Warnings" been deleted from the various military pages prior to this? Somebody obviously considers that they should be noted there? Thanks Graeme
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