[OSM-talk] Osmarender 5

80n 80n80n at gmail.com
Sat Sep 1 13:21:37 BST 2007


On 9/1/07, Tom Hughes <tom at compton.nu> wrote:
>
> In message <8fcd02310709010441y5356e997o18be09709484e22c at mail.gmail.com>
>           80n <80n80n at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > On 9/1/07, David Earl <david at frankieandshadow.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > Why do many of the street names in Oakham have "(C) persons name"
> > > against them? This rather spoils the map IMO.
> >
> >
> > It's an experiment, I'd like to hear people's opinions.
>
> As discussed on IRC the other night after it first appeared, the
> consensus seemed be that it was bogus.
>
> To start with you can't possibly know if that is the correct copyright
> attribution, assuming that you've just taken the last person to edit
> it and ignore all previous editors who may well have far more work.
>
> It might even have been created by the Tiger upload or by somebody
> who has declared their work PD and therefore not be copyright at all.
>
> When you were first playing with it there was no copyright symbol was
> there? I think adding it was a big mistake as it makes an assertion
> that will frequently be wrong.


If the API were to actually provide the correct attribution then it would be
right.  Don't shoot the messenger ;)



Tom
>
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