[OSM-legal-talk] Attribution Requirements

[Jonathan Harley]

On 10/01/14 12:01, Simon Poole wrote:
>
> Am 10.01.2014 07:15, schrieb Clifford Snow:
>>
>>
>> I like the Mapbox solution the author mentions of putting a box on 
>> the map to take you to another page. I realize that unless the user 
>> clicks on the link, they will never discover that OSM contributed to 
>> this product. Since OSM may be only one of many contributors this 
>> make sense considering that there is only so much screen real estate 
>> available.
>>
>>
> Clifford, to make this very short: this is NOT acceptable. See the 
> last board minutes.
>

The last board minutes say "we expect people to follow what is in our 
Legal FAQ" and states that the board "will complain if attribution is 
not given". The FAQ says "the credit should typically appear in the corner".


> And I'm very tired of people trying to weasel around the absolute 
> minimal requirements we pose on reuse of OSM data.
>

It seems a bit strong to say that MapBox are weasels given that the OSM 
attribution is given equal prominence with their own Terms and their 
imagery attribution. (By the way, Alex and Eric from MapBox are members 
of this mailing list.) Surely "should be given equal prominence with the 
map copyright holder's own attribution" would be a better principle than 
"put it in the corner".

Personally I agree with Clifford - I like MapBox's approach and agree 
that it would seem appropriate for a map with a longer list of 
attributions. What would happen if every data source started mandating 
that "our attribution must be in the corner"?


Jonathan.


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