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In other news...

Posted Oct 22, 2008 22:33 UTC (Wed) by denf (subscriber, #23577)
In reply to: There are yet another side to all this by khim
Parent article: OpenStreetMap contemplates licensing

... in some countries, possession of marijuana can bring you to jail. What
can be done about that?

On a serious note, I believe this is not the case anymore. With GLONASS
being pushed to public use accurate maps have to be legal in Russia.

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Posession? No. Mapmaking? Yes.

Posted Oct 23, 2008 5:17 UTC (Thu) by khim (subscriber, #9252) [Link]

If the map has proper licenses it's not illegal anymore. But if you did it yourself and included wrong type of information... treason is not an easy charge to repell.