[OSM-talk] Oxford University use without attribution
Nick Whitelegg
Nick.Whitelegg at solent.ac.uk
Mon Oct 22 12:41:45 BST 2007
>Oxford University's new website launched this morning. Some of us
>noted that they are using OSM data (in fact, pulling tiles straight
off the tile server) without attribution. Was this cleared in any
> way, or are they just abusing the free nature of OSM?
>http://www.ox.ac.uk/applications/dynamic/map.rm?postcode=OX2+6UD&location=Wolfson%20College&id=490
>Should we be flattered that the Oxford data is considered good
>enough to use and let it go,
I would say yes here. It's the most free/open thing to do in spirit. As
long as they don't try to claim copyright on it themselves (which I doubt)
seems fair to me.
Nick
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