<div dir="ltr">According to the wiki [1] they may be properly attributing OSM. Paragraph 3. They provided a link and they are treating us with the same <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:12.8000001907349px;line-height:19.2000007629395px">prominence </span>as other map suppliers. <div><br></div><div>[1] <a href="https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Legal_FAQ">https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Legal_FAQ</a></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Dec 17, 2014 at 2:23 PM, Toby Murray <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:toby.murray@gmail.com" target="_blank">toby.murray@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">Well, I sent an email to the address listed on the "about" page and got a quick response. Apparently there was attribution originally but it somehow got dropped when they did a recent update. He understands open licensing and attribution and was very apologetic about it getting dropped. Hopefully it will be fixed soon.<div><br></div><div>What I say when I send messages like this stresses the fact that we aren't just copyright pedants but that we view the attribution as a way to help us build our community which will in turn lead to a better map for them.<span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><br><div><br></div><div>Toby</div></font></span></div></div><div class="HOEnZb"><div class="h5"><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Dec 17, 2014 at 11:02 AM, Clifford Snow <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:clifford@snowandsnow.us" target="_blank">clifford@snowandsnow.us</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_extra"><span><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Dec 17, 2014 at 8:30 AM, JB <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:jbosm@mailoo.org" target="_blank">jbosm@mailoo.org</a>></span> wrote:<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div text="#000000" bgcolor="#FFFFFF">Don't want to start a battle here, but I thought best practises
where « © OSM contributors » directly on the map, clearly visible? I
don't see anything close to that today, even with the big map they
have on their site.<br>
<a href="https://www.geocaching.com/map/default.aspx#?ll=46.31658,-1.18652&z=5" target="_blank">https://www.geocaching.com/map/default.aspx#?ll=46.31658,-1.18652&z=5</a></div></blockquote></div><br></span>Geocaching doesn't follow our recommendations, but they to give attribution, as Toby pointed out on their about page. Not only that they give links to start contributing to OSM. That might seem nice, but when you look at their business practices, it says a lot. They make their money from paid subscribers. Free subscribers get OSM maps, while paid subscribers get to choose between OSM and Google. As we continue to build the worlds best map, more people will decide free is actually a much better bargain. </div><div class="gmail_extra"><br></div><div class="gmail_extra">A few geocachers have attended our meetups, but I think most geocachers are don't want to make better maps since the whole premise is to hide something. Nothing worse that a map with a trail that leads directly to the cache.</div><div class="gmail_extra"><br></div><div class="gmail_extra">BTW - I notice that they use state highway shields, at least in Washington State. It would be nice to see us add shields to OSM.</div><span><font color="#888888"><div class="gmail_extra"><br></div><div class="gmail_extra">Clifford<br><br clear="all"><div><br></div>-- <br><div><div dir="ltr"><div>@osm_seattle<br></div><div><a href="http://osm_seattle.snowandsnow.us" target="_blank">osm_seattle.snowandsnow.us</a></div><div>OpenStreetMap: Maps with a human touch</div></div></div>
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