<br><div class="gmail_quote">On 3 July 2010 14:27, Frederik Ramm <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:frederik@remote.org">frederik@remote.org</a>></span> wrote:<br><div> </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">
But the underlying idea of property is required for attribution as well; you cannot force people to provide attribution without first claiming that the data is yours and yours alone and only by following your license will people be allowed to use it.</blockquote>
<div><br>I don't think that is right. I would like to see a license which just requires attribution and not much else, not to assert ownership but just to say that we made this, it is cool, and you could join in and help us make it better. Commercial map providers don't need the publicity from attribution as they are selling their product in the first place but I think we do as most people still haven't even heard of OSM and we will always need more contributors.<br>
<br>I don't care what people do with the data but I think attribution is helpful just to shine a bit more light on the project.<br><br>Kevin<br><br><br><br><br> <br></div></div>