[Osmf-talk] attribution: board letter to facebook

[Frederik Ramm]

Hi,

On 11.10.19 10:42, Christoph Hormann wrote:
> Does this mean the LWG and the board consider interpreting the ODbL in a
> way that would declare what facebook does to be compliant with the
> license?

Simon has posted a draft of what LWG are working on two months ago:

> We've been working on and off on the document for a while, and are now
> largely finished. Going forward we intend to wikify the document and
> make it available for public comment together with a BoF session at SotM
> next month (which probably means that we'll have to appropriate a coffee
> break). You can have a glimpse at the text here
> https://docs.google.com/document/d/1e_IQYHtqVivGRw4O4EOn6__-LGMuzPlWz6XKEdAkwW0/edit?usp=sharing
> the few things that are not nailed down belong to those that we would
> appreciate feedback on.

I assume further discussion has taken place at SotM but I don't know the
outcome of that.

> Note i am kind of looking for an answer from someone else here from the
> board or LWG since i consider you to have a conflict of interest on
> this matter

We all have to be careful to separate what someone says as an individual
and when someone conveys an opinion or decision made by the group they
work with. For example, what I write here is not the board's opinion but
just mine!

I think that, even if it is already clear that Facebook's current
practice violates attribution requirements in some cases, it still makes
sense to postpone any enforcement action until the re-worked guidelines
are done because what we often hear in response to attribution requests
is whining about "the requirements being not clear", and the new
guidelines will hopefully make the requirements crystal clear so we can
then say: "Maybe in the past, but here's the easy-to-understand new
rules that tell you exactly what you have to do so please don't give us
any of that everything-is-so-unclear anymore, thanks."

Bye
Frederik

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