[Talk-GB] non-attributed map

Kai Michael Poppe - OSM osm at poppe.dev
Sun Sep 5 09:59:59 UTC 2021


Simon,

no. That box is not written in invisble ink. I wonder, though, how linking to the Wiki within the community (this mailinglist) wasn't the right way to answer Graham's question.

Kai

On 05.09.2021 11:17, Simon Poole wrote:
> Just a note on the side: https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Open_Data_License/Substantial_-_Guideline has a big notice at the top that in my experience seems to be written in invisible ink. you should always be referring to the definite documents published by the OSMF and not, in the best case historical, documents on the wiki, in this case https://wiki.osmfoundation.org/wiki/Licence/Community_Guidelines/Substantial_-_Guideline
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> Simon
>
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> Am 05.09.2021 um 06:44 schrieb Kai Michael Poppe:
>> Hi Graham,
>>
>> the Wiki [1] it says:
>> "So, we have focused on what "insubstantial" rather than "substantial" means. We've set the boundary we are happy with at basically: village map OK, town map not OK."
>> (with that sentence describing where not attributing OSM would be ok-ish)
>>
>> As the map you linked is essentially a world-map that just happens to only have POIs on the Island of Great Britain I would always argue that that is substantial use.
>>
>> I trust that you've seen the Wiki page [2] for pages lacking proper attribution, there you'll also find an example email if you need help telling them your concern. If you add the site to the table on the site that would also be great for tracking progress.
>>
>> Kai
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>> [1] https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Open_Data_License/Substantial_-_Guideline
>> [2] https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Lacking_proper_attribution
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