[openstreetmap/openstreetmap-website] "Feature" Request: A copyright warning for newbies. (Issue #4357)

[upintheairsheep]

Some people don’t understand that other mapping services are included, but
if your curious about me, I did NOT use Google or Apple Maps as any of my
edit’s primary source.

On Wednesday, November 22, 2023, Paul Norman ***@***.***>
wrote:

> Did you notice the Contributor Terms when signing up? Point 1a) already
> covers your proposal.
>
> The legal text is not really suited for advice that has an impact of
> day-to-day mapping. 1(a) is the only term that really has a user impact
> like this. The other terms are fairly standard legal conditions, or terms
> involving a license change, which has never yet come up. Knowing that
> you're granting commercial use is the only other term I could see that is
> similar, but it differs in a key way: if a user ignores the term, finds out
> later, and doesn't like it, they get upset while if that happens with 1(a),
> the OSM community gets upset and has to do additional work.
>
> All this being said, I thought we called out don't copy from other maps in
> the introductory materials most users would go through, but don't know
> exactly where that was done.
>
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