[OSM-legal-talk] "About Boxes" ... attributing OpenStreetMap

[Michael Collinson]

Hi all,

There has been community discussion about refining the Legal FAQ on the 
issue of what is reasonable attribution for certain specific media 
cases. I have created a Community Guideline wiki page [1]. This is not 
about being "legal" but what you personally think is reasonable for what 
you contribute and what best promotes OpenStreetMap. So please do not 
hesitate to pitch in. Based on feedback received, the LWG will amend the 
Legal FAQ.

And in more detail ....

The conversation was specifically about "About Boxes" but the LWG thinks 
it is generalisable to other cases where it is arguably difficult to 
place a full (text) attribution physically right on or next to a map.

The LWG takes the position that  the LWG itself should be neutral per se 
but that OpenStreetMap in general has responsibilities to propose 
answers. We are the dominant open geospatial data project and probably 
the global leader as a live open data project exploring the specific 
legal issues of open data as distinct from highly creative works and 
software [2]. The LWG therefore encourages the community  to consider 
specific guidelines for specific types of media. This will help not only 
ODbL license users but also potentially CC4 as well.

May I therefore request anyone interested to take a look over our 
existing guidelines [3], look at the basic questions I have posed [1] 
and tell us what you think, either there (preferred), to this list or to 
legal at osmfoundation.org.

I'll eventually review the past list mailings and add in the comments 
already received unless someone beats me to it, hint, hint.


Mike
OpenStreetMap Foundation License Working Group

[1] 
https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Open_Data_License/Community_Guidelines/Attribution_For_Different_Media_Types 


[2] 
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1fIvuygF4pZd_PfBbxg-acAP9c_lA37_sTEkdvccIoXk/pub 
July Minutes, see Item 6

[3] http://wiki.osmfoundation.org/wiki/License#Where_to_put_it.3F What 
the current Legal FAQ has to say

[4] 
https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Open_Data_License/Community_Guidelines/How_We_Create_Community_Guidelines 
FYI, new doc.