[Imports] [Talk-ca] Modifying GeoBase Ways.

[Sam Vekemans]

Hi Steve,

The reason i didnt include attribution as part of the changeset is
because .... I didnt know how. :)

i chose to put the 'attribution' tag on each point, line, area map
feature, so that way, anyone editing will immediatly see where it came
from.

I believe that that is the point of 'attribution'. (and the licence agreement)

However, because attribution can be added to the changeset, i think it
ALSO should be there (where practicle todo so)

The attribution in the form of 'cross refrencing' with tags prefixed
with the name of the source. Are not need. This does not add value to
the map. However, the human readable canvec:CODE adds value, because
all the 'like' objects in the map can be modified all at the same
time.

Hence, why the USA TIGER tags are being removed. (the ones that have
no value) the tag 'attribution' remains.

Cheers,
Sam

On 11/19/09, Steve Singer <ssinger_pg at sympatico.ca> wrote:
> On Tue, 17 Nov 2009, James Ewen wrote:
>
>> We as the OSM community have chosen to accept the restrictions in
>> order to be able to import HUGE amounts of data, but it leaves us with
>> a quandary... how much modification of the imported data needs to
>> happen BEFORE the attribution can be REMOVED?
>
> When we started importing the geobase data we took the safe approach and
> attribute each way.  The idea being that with all that attribution no one
> could argue that we are not complying with the geobase terms.  However I
> can't recall if anyone has said that this level of attribution is actually
> required by the geobase license.
>
> Maybe someone with better license reading skills than myself or Sam can
> figure out what the minimum level of attribution is actually required.
>
> From a license point of view:
>
> Is putting the attribution in the changeset tags sufficient to comply with
> the license?
>
> Is putting the attribution on the wiki data sources page sufficient to
> comply with the license?
>
>
>
>>
>> James
>> VE6SRV
>>
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