Asking for permission of people that you are photographing on the street
Joves wrote: Short answer nope.
Longer answer if they see me and get that offensive look then I let them get out of the way. If they get obnoxious then I shoot anyhow. They are in a public area so they have no expectation of privacy.
Yup. Don't overlook the un-forseen. I was photographing a dragonfly in a park one day, my wife was with me, (Carries my tripod) and a mother got in my face believing I was sneak photographing her kids playing nearby. Wasn't too bad until she called me a pedofyle, at which time I took to protecting the stupid woman from my wife, wielding the tripod. Just for good measure, when I finally got the silly mommie to leave, I put on a non macro lens and followed her taking pictures constantly, just to tick her off....
Silly event, but if you are going to do street photography, be prepared for anything......
Why so serious?
Now granted I don't do a lot of street photography. When the shots are just general shots, I don't ask for permission, after all we are in public space. However if I feel a shot might be something I would like to submit to magazine, I would ask them. Canon 7D | Canon EF-S 18-55 IS | Canon EF 50mm f/1.4 | Canon EF 85mm f/1.8 | Canon EF 100mm f/2.8 macro | CanonEF 17-40 f/4 L | 70-200 f/4 L | 580 EX II
Exactly 
StephanieW wrote: ..... Still, there's nothing illegal about it......
In Germany, Italy and Switzerland officially it would be illegal to publish these photos without allowance.
There is a law, named "right to their own image". But theory and practice can differ
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