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Hi again:
I don't believe Gelbe Seiten is a source we're allowed to use, so I'd strongly advise not to use any commercial service like that (or google for that matter) to source your info.
And again: the suburb thing. Please fix that
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Published using OSMCha: https://osmcha.org/changesets/126955383

Hello,
well, I haven’t researched thoroughly the quality of “Gelbe Seiten”, but I believe it is still a rather good source (simply because I assume that the enterprise Telekom has got well actualized data (?)). However, I can assure you, I will remember this item for possible future edits. In this case, there is little doubt about the correct address; it appears in other sources, too.

Thanks for replying :)
I'm not talking about the quality of the source (Gelbe Seiten) but of the copyright implications. Gelbe Seiten is a protected piece of work and the license is not compatible with the OSM license (ODbl, I believe). That's why we can NOT use sources like that.
In Hessen we can use the data provided by the government. When using the editor JOSM simply add the layer "Hessen ALKIS" to see the addresses of properties.
Cheers

So do you consider there is anything more to do about this detail?
Thanks, kind regards
Matthias

No. The info is most likely perfectly correct. The copyright issue was a hint for future edits not to use sources that are incompatible with the ODBL of OSM.
Cheers
silversurfer83

Hi VLD524,

Gelbe Seiten and all the other phone and company registers you have used in the past weeks are covered by copyright (database protection, to be right). We are not allowed to take information from there and we do not copy data from there.

Due to this error, I lost trust in your changes to be based on legally usable sources. Therefore, I will revert all your recent changesets in order to protect OSM.

Please inform your supervisor about this.

You are free to file a complaint at the German OSM forum.

Best regards

Michael

For reference: https://community.openstreetmap.org/t/facebook-kopiert-aus-gelbe-seiten-co/5609

Hello to all commentators,
I am very sorry about what happened, and I apologize.
Well, I would like to add, from my point of view, that I am a translator but not a specialist nor an experienced person in legal issues of this type. I do not know to what extent I was supposed to clarify for myself these copyright questions, before beginning the work, and probably I failed in this sense. Honestly I feel unable to figure out in detail what sources are allowed and which ones are not.
So I apologize again, and on the other hand I will resign further work for OpenStreetMap. I believe this is the best choice for both sides.
Thanks for your comments, kind regards
Matthias