[OSM-legal-talk] import of dataset for new zealand

[Robin Paulson]

On 18/03/2008, Andy Robinson (blackadder) <blackadderajr at googlemail.com> wrote:
> This has come up before and the approach has always been that we cannot
>  provide attribution on the map rendering, simply because for any given
>  location the data may be from a multitude of contributors, not just the one
>  source

for any given area, there are unlikely to be a prohibitively large
number of data sets that need attribution. i see a short line of text
on a separate floating layer, hyperlinked to a page on the wiki
containing the whole text, similar to how google attribute data on gm:

(c) Crown Copyright

even with 5 of these displayed on screen at any one time in a small
but readable font (and of course, they only need to be shown when the
data is usable, i.e. not at zoom 0 - 4), a large area of screen will
not be needed

> and that we have no control over the use of map tiles on other sites.
>  All we can do is ensure the source of the data when imported on the
>  individual nodes and ways is clearly attributed and that the donating
>  organisation gets prominent attribution via the blogs and wiki.
>

not our responsibility - the data is available from numerous sources,
none of whom are required to police it's use. neither are we

>  We did discuss recently about having a specific attribution page on the wiki
>  where those that wanted to have their name in lights, plus the major data
>  contributors, can have due credit and links back to them. A stub just needs
>  setting up and perhaps in some way linked to:
>  http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/index.php/Potential_Datasources

unfortunately, most will want their name in lights at the point the
data is viewed, not in the wiki where 99% of users will probably not
see it