[Osmf-talk] [OSM-talk] Attribution guideline status update

joost schouppe joost.schouppe at gmail.com
Mon Dec 23 16:59:49 UTC 2019


> As an xmas bonus, here's another Facebook company (via Mapbox), Snapchat
> that is using OSM without attribution requirements (funnily there's plenty
> of space for a reasonable and visible calculated mapbox logo and text).
> They probably don't know, nor that they have been asked to comply over a
> year ago, nor have agreed with the license in every aspect of it when
> stated using OSM data, nor read Mapbox TOS, or Mapbox been informed on
> these repeated offenders, nor read the multiples reports in mailing lists,
> nor that they had a employee that ran for OSMF board.
>
> https://map.snapchat.com/
>
> Let's continue to be hypocrites and pretend nothing is going on for over a
> year with these two companies that are corporate members of OSMF and should
> be the first ones to give examples. Enough with excuses.
>

The Snapchat case is a pretty clear example of how not to do things. If
there's space for Mapbox, there's space for OpenStreetMap. But I don't
think Snapchat has anything to do with Facebook.

Phil, I hope you contacted them directly and not through Facebook.
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