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A trademark and other IP use policy is one of the things the new
OSMF board has on its agenda to come up with this year (there are
a couple of pieces missing to make this work, but they are being
worked on), it is likely to be a joint effort between the CWG, LWG
and interested board members.<br>
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The case in question (naturally just my personal opinion) is the
kind of confusing usage that we would like to avoid. It would be
probably ok for a local OSMF chapter, but not for a project that
is simply consuming OSM data. We clearly don't want come down
heavily activities in the general OSM eco-system, so I would
strongly suggest that anybody looking for a name in OSMverse, turn
on their brains before they do something stupid.<br>
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Simon<br>
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PS: I'm sure both the CWG and the LWG will gladly voice their
opinions, if asked, on any proposed "OSM" related names etc. <br>
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Am 22.02.2013 20:41, schrieb Rob Nickerson:<br>
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Hi All,<br>
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Do we have any guidelines for use of the OSM brand? I'm aware that
the OSM-GB "issue" gets raised every now and then but hadn't
realised until today how easy it is to get confused between
OSM.org and OSM-GB - see for example the OSM-GB wiki:<br>
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I'm all for third partly initiatives, but would rather see a bit
more separation from OSM's brand. This would reduce confusion to
new users who may seem confused as to why OSM appears to have a
second presence in Great Britain.<br>
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Regards,<br>
Rob<br>
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