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At 12:48 PM 3/18/2008, 80n wrote:<br>
<blockquote type=cite class=cite cite="">On Tue, Mar 18, 2008 at 10:57
AM, Andy Robinson (blackadder)
<<a href="mailto:blackadderajr@googlemail.com">
blackadderajr@googlemail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
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<dd>Richard Fairhurst wrote:<br>
<dd>>Sent: 18 March 2008 10:54 AM<br>
<dd>>To:
<a href="mailto:legal-talk@openstreetmap.org">
legal-talk@openstreetmap.org</a><br>
<dd>>Subject: Re: [OSM-legal-talk] import of dataset for new
zealand<br>
<dd>><br>
<dd>>Robin Paulson wrote:<br>
<dd>><br>
<dd>>> (c) Crown Copyright<br>
<dd>><br>
<dd>>w00t, Robin found his Shift key! ;)<br>
<dd>><br>
<dd>>> even with 5 of these displayed on screen at any one time in
a small<br>
<dd>>> but readable font (and of course, they only need to be shown
when the<br>
<dd>>> data is usable, i.e. not at zoom 0 - 4), a large area of
screen will<br>
<dd>>> not be needed<br>
<dd>><br>
<dd>>Better, I think, to stake our standard as being simply
"OpenStreetMap<br>
<dd>>and others" hyperlinked to the attribution page. It's
scalable when<br>
<dd>>more datasets come along; fits in better with the image of
the<br>
<dd>>project; and imposes no technical burden on those who reuse the
data<br>
<dd>>(i.e. they can simply link to
<a href="http://www.openstreetmap.org/attribution">
www.openstreetmap.org/attribution</a> rather<br>
<dd>>than having to dynamically generate a list of imported datasets
for<br>
<dd>>the bbox).<br><br>
<dd>+1<br><br>
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Like this perhaps?
<a href="http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/index.php/Attribution">
http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/index.php/Attribution</a></blockquote><br>
Can we symbolically link that to
<a href="http://www.openstreetmap.org/attribution">
www.openstreetmap.org/attribution</a> and then put a link to it on the
front page to show we have a practical attribution solution and are
giving it maximum easy-to-reach prominence?<br><br>
It then just comes down to being careful to give the licensor chance to
define what "include an attribution statement" without forcing
them to.<br><br>
I'd suggest Robin emails or writes, writing preferable, a short letter
like the following. I had a hot shot lawyer business partner and
this is a tactic we often used in general business. Generally,
there is no reply and therefore any subsequent objection carries little
or no weight. I'd also be happy to send this personally as an OSMF
board member if Robin provides contact details and prior contact
summary.<br><br>
"Thank you for making your xyz data available. We are
incorporating it into a worldwide free open mapping project
<a href="http://www.openstreetmap.org/" eudora="autourl">
http://www.openstreetmap.org</a>, the purposes of which is described in
more detail at
<a href="http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/" eudora="autourl">
http://wiki.openstreetmap.org</a>. In order to give maximum
permanent attribution as per your license terms, we have placed an
attribution here at
<a href="http://www.openstreetmap.org/attribution" eudora="autourl">
http://www.openstreetmap.org/attribution</a>. If you have any
objections or questions about such usage, please feel free to write to us
by xxxxx, 2008, after which we will assume we are meeting your terms
satisfactorily."<br><br>
This approach has worked successfully in the Philippines for OSM, even
sending the letter registered post.<br><br>
Mike<br><br>
<br><br>
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