[OSM-legal-talk] Proposed "Metadata"-Guideline

[alyssa wright]

What does this mean? "uses ratings from OSM "

Thanks,
Alyssa.

On Tue, Sep 22, 2015 at 5:16 AM, Simon Poole <simon at poole.ch> wrote:

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> Am 22.09.2015 um 11:05 schrieb Martin Koppenhoefer:
> > Is there a problem with the current license? Is it not clear from a
> > legal point of view, how it should be interpreted?
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> Please read the introduction to the proposed guideline.
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> > I must admit I feel some reluctance towards the practise of
> > introducing more and more examples and guidelines how to interpret the
> > legal text, because every additional word is augmenting the risk of
> > introducing loopholes and weakening our position in a potential
> > prosecution of infringers. Also, according to the mandate the OSMF is
> > given from the original IP holders by means of the CTs, any
> > modification of the current license has to be approved by a majority
> > of active contributors.
> >
> > Is the OSMF consulting with their legal advisors before publishing
> > these amendments/interpretations?
> >
> > Finally, the OSMF in the past didn't seem to care about prosecution of
> > actual infringers. Is there any example where some action was taken?
> > Is someone from the OSMF checking this list from time for instance:
> > http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Lacking_proper_attribution ?
> >
> > FWIW, apple maps continues big scale infringement, e.g. their map app
> > in the most recent OS (OX-X 10.10.5) has the attribution very hidden,
> > it is neither on the screen nor when you print a map (but you can get
> > to it by clicking in the menu on "Maps"->"About Maps" and then on
> > "Data from TomTom and others ->"  (on my system nothing happens after
> > the click, but that's likely just a bug)). Also Apple's "Friends" app
> > on iOS has no attribution whatsoever.
>
> Please stick to the topic at hand.
>
> Simon
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