<div><div dir="auto">I reached out to the <a href="mailto:trademark@osmfoundation.org">trademark@osmfoundation.org</a> email to get their opinion and find clarification </div></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">I would prefer to have OSM on my side than not and I believe we share the same principles and it would be great to work more closely together. OpenLitterMap has been heavily inspired by the good work at OSM. If I need a license then I can go down that road but personally I don’t think I do. </div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Also if anyone has any comments about my actual paper or the platform in general then that would be great too! </div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Cheers</div><div dir="auto">Seán</div><div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div>On Thu 14 Jun 2018 at 11:24 a.m., Simon Poole <<a href="mailto:simon@poole.ch">simon@poole.ch</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><br>
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Am 14.06.2018 um 10:07 schrieb Seán Lynch:<br>
> ...<br>
><br>
> It seems as if the trademark policy was introduced in 2018.<br>
><br>
> ...<br>
To avoid any misunderstanding: the policy is a codification and<br>
clarification of what we consider acceptable use without a licence and a<br>
guide to what to do if the usage of our trademarks does not fit within<br>
the borders of allowed usage without an explicit licence.<br>
<br>
Before the introduction of the policy, every use, except those allowed<br>
by relevant legislation, required a licence.<br>
<br>
And to nip the usual rampant whatboutism in the bud. We have a long<br>
history of stopping clear misuse of our trademarks both before and after<br>
the policy was put in force. Luckily this has never required formal<br>
legal action as most people are reasonable about these things (with the<br>
exception of a number of scam apps that we've had taken down) and simply<br>
didn't consider that they may be causing confusion about the provenance<br>
of their products and services.<br>
<br>
Simon<br>
<br>
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</blockquote></div></div>-- <br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div><div><a href="https://openlittermap.com" target="_blank">https://openlittermap.com</a> @OpenLitterMap (Fb, Tw, Ig)<br>M.Sc. Coastal & Marine Environments (NUIG, 2015)<br></div>M.Sc. GIS & Remote Sensing (UCC, 2014)<br></div>B.A. Geography & Economics (UCC, 2011)<br></div><a href="http://ie.linkedin.com/in/seanlynchgis" target="_blank">ie.linkedin.com/in/seanlynchgis</a><br></div></div></div></div>