[Osmf-talk] Websites using OSMF tile servers without attribution can now be easily reported

[Chris Andrew]

I have just written to "All Trails" (Android app) about this, as it seems
that the OSM map layer is not compliant.

Chris

On Thu, 11 Jan 2024, 16:51 Mateusz Konieczny via osmf-talk, <
osmf-talk at openstreetmap.org> wrote:

> this is mirror of
>
> https://community.openstreetmap.org/t/websites-using-osmf-tile-servers-without-attribution-can-now-be-easily-reported/107952
>
> https://github.com/openstreetmap/tile-attribution/issues can be now
> used to report cases where OSMF tile servers are used, but attribution
> to OSM is missing.
>
> Listing there requires first sending a message to the entity:
> https://osmfoundation.org/wiki/Licence/Attribution_Reminder_Templates
>
> Once the case is reviewed and its validity is confirmed, this will
> result in the OSMF tile servers being unavailable for them.
>
> If the OSMF tile servers are not used, this reporting mechanism is not
> applicable. This can be checked with the network panel (
>
> https://firefox-source-docs.mozilla.org/devtools-user/network_monitor/index.html
> ). If unsure, please report the problem at the Lacking proper
> attribution (
> https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Lacking_proper_attribution ) page
> at the OSM Wiki. It is covering all kinds of cases of attribution
> issues. Polite email to whoever uses OSM data without proper
> attribution is still useful.
>
> Help with educating people about OSM attribution requirements is
> welcome and helpful and reporting cases where it has not resulted in
> improvements is also encouraged. I listed some cases which I am aware
> of, there were also reports from other people including a case where
> blocking access to our tile servers resulted in a quick fix (
> https://github.com/openstreetmap/tile-attribution/issues/8 ).
>
> (this is an official OSMF announcement, consulted with other board
> members)
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