I dropped the message to the list because for me was obvious the service was violating the term of Google's license but i was not sure it was illegal. In any case I was worried of the implication for the OSM. Can this service be a problem for the OSM community and in case Is OSM able to cope with this situation to avoid future lawsuits?
On Mar 30, 2010, at 1:32 PM, Ian Dees wrote: > On Mar 30, 2010, at 6:08 AM, andrzej zaborowski <balr...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> On 30 March 2010 10:53, Gregory <nomoregra...@googlemail.com> wrote: >>> He could keep the page and program up there but >>> should put warnings >> >> I don't think it's even legal for him to have this service? Doesn't >> google TOS prohibit both storing the tiles and republishing outside >> google's own api? >> > > We need to be careful about our words. Tracing data into OSM from any > source could be a violation of the terms of use of the service, but it > is definitely not illegal. The cops do not yet have the power to come > arrest you for a terms of use violation in any jurisdiction I know > about. The company could sue you or OSM (thus why we discourage it > strongly), but it's not illegal. > > I think a newbie coming to OSM that sees "it's illegal!!!" might be > put off by the potential for police action since. > > Of course as soon as I send this someone from Europe will tell me > their database/data collections law applies, but I don't think it > does. You're still creating a derivative work, not copying someone's > collection of data. > > _______________________________________________ > talk mailing list > t...@openstreetmap.org > http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk > _______________________________________________ Talk-it mailing list Talk-it@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-it
