[Osmf-talk] Draft Attribution Guidelines, possible vote at end of this month & new guidelines.

[Mateusz Konieczny]

It also seems to me that it is a good one (warning: I am not a lawyer).

It makes clear that it is not replacement of actual license, so someone in less usual situation
may apply ODbL directly (see case of smartwatches that was mentioned).

My main worry is that 
"fade attribution automatically after five seconds"
may be combined with a prominent branding suggesting that actual data source
is from some hosting company.

But there is 
"Other attribution, logos, or text must not create any false or misleading impression
that OSM data is not from OSM."
so hopefully it will be enough to cover such cases.


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Main feedback is that I would edit wiki page
https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Draft_Attribution_Guideline/2021v0.9
so that openstreetmap.org/copyright <http://openstreetmap.org/copyrighta> is an active link there

Jun 15, 2021, 22:29 by frederik at remote.org:

> Hi,
>
> for what it's worth, and as someone who is often asked about clarification regarding attribution rules, I think the draft is good.
>
> I can see that there are a few bits and pieces that warrant further refinement but I would be very much in favour of accepting these guidelines as they are while at the same time signalling openness to continue working on them where they should prove to be out of sync with what we want.
>
> I think such an approach works better than trying to cover every hypothetical base from the start, and I see no reason to be alarmist in any way about the document. After all, if someone thinks something in the document is too onerous for them, they can always disregard it at their own risk (and especially at the risk of alienating the community). You might be legally allowed to ignore what we want, but you can't expect to be our friend then.
>
> I feel that this draft comes closer to community expectations than earlier drafts produced by LWG. I appreciate and respect the time LWG has spent on the topic, and there might be some bits and pieces here where lawyers say "but you can't want that", but frankly, when having to decide to side with the community or with the lawyers, I'd shrug and choose the community side any day. When OSM started, GIS professionals told us we can't do it too ;)
>
> Bye
> Frederik
>
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