<div dir="ltr">What does this mean? "uses ratings from OSM " <div><br><div>Thanks, </div><div>Alyssa.</div></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Sep 22, 2015 at 5:16 AM, Simon Poole <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:simon@poole.ch" target="_blank">simon@poole.ch</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><span class=""><br>
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Am 22.09.2015 um 11:05 schrieb Martin Koppenhoefer:<br>
> Is there a problem with the current license? Is it not clear from a<br>
> legal point of view, how it should be interpreted?<br>
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</span>Please read the introduction to the proposed guideline.<br>
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> I must admit I feel some reluctance towards the practise of<br>
> introducing more and more examples and guidelines how to interpret the<br>
> legal text, because every additional word is augmenting the risk of<br>
> introducing loopholes and weakening our position in a potential<br>
> prosecution of infringers. Also, according to the mandate the OSMF is<br>
> given from the original IP holders by means of the CTs, any<br>
> modification of the current license has to be approved by a majority<br>
> of active contributors.<br>
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> Is the OSMF consulting with their legal advisors before publishing<br>
> these amendments/interpretations?<br>
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> Finally, the OSMF in the past didn't seem to care about prosecution of<br>
> actual infringers. Is there any example where some action was taken?<br>
> Is someone from the OSMF checking this list from time for instance:<br>
> <a href="http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Lacking_proper_attribution" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Lacking_proper_attribution</a> ?<br>
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> FWIW, apple maps continues big scale infringement, e.g. their map app<br>
> in the most recent OS (OX-X 10.10.5) has the attribution very hidden,<br>
> it is neither on the screen nor when you print a map (but you can get<br>
> to it by clicking in the menu on "Maps"->"About Maps" and then on<br>
> "Data from TomTom and others ->" (on my system nothing happens after<br>
> the click, but that's likely just a bug)). Also Apple's "Friends" app<br>
> on iOS has no attribution whatsoever.<br>
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</span>Please stick to the topic at hand.<br>
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Simon<br>
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