[OSM-legal-talk] using OSM on TV

[visiontv at petml.com]

On Sun, 11 Jul 2010 13:28 +0200, "Manuel Reimer"
<Manuel.Spam at nurfuerspam.de> wrote:
> visiontv at petml.com wrote:
> > Geesh. I'm starting to regret I even posted. I hope this kind of
> > response isn't typical. I'm simply trying to be compliant and seeking to
> > promote OSM data. Please, forget I asked. No follow-up response from you
> > is desired.
> 
> And I'm sorry to make you upset. Yes, there may be a language barrier 
> and I may have misunderstood you. Sorry for that. For me, this read like 
> you try to get some "special permission" to allow your customer to use 
> OSM data without following the CC-BY-SA license.
> 
> What I tried to make clear is that the person, who broadcasts 
> Openstreetmap data also has follow the license terms, you'll find on 
> this page:
> 
> http://www.openstreetmap.org/copyright
> 
> One of your addresses:
> http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Open_Data_License/Attribution_-_Guideline
> 
> says that attribution on an associated website would also be OK. In my 
> opinion this isn't the nice way, as a short displaying of where the data 
> came from would be much better for the project, but if someone decided 
> that attribution an an associated website is also OK, then this is OK. 
> But the broadcaster will have to place this attribution on *his* 
> website. A website, anyone can bring in association with the TV
> broadcast.
> 
> I didn't know the specialities of the ODbL license. As far as I know, 
> porting to this license is not finished, so data still ins CC-BY-SA 
> licensed, only. Maybe someone else knows details about ODbL?
> 
> > My apologies to everyone if I come across as gruff. This guy just rubbed
> > me the wrong way.
> 
> Sorry for that!
> 
> Yours
> 
> Manuel
> 
> 

My sincere apologies to you Manuel. I see that you were only trying to
help and I reacted poorly. Thank you for the time you took out of your
day to assist me.

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