Posession? No. Mapmaking? Yes.

Posted Oct 23, 2008 5:17 UTC (Thu) by khim (subscriber, #9252)
In reply to: In other news... by denf
Parent article: OpenStreetMap contemplates licensing

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.