[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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