[OSM-talk] Osmarender 5

[Frederik Ramm]

Hi,

>      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.

I am very strongly against this, for two reasons:

(1) I have declared all my work to be in the Public Domain. I know
that this doesn't legally exist, but having a "(c) woodpeck" (my
screen name) next to road I have created conveys the message that
some rights were reserved, which they aren't.

I'm willing to wait for a consensus on this but if username rendering
stays in I'll probably use a script to add a
"osmarender:renderUser=no" to all data I have modified last.

(2) I wish it were that easy with licensing but it isn't - the name of
the user stated is *not* the sole holder of the license for the data
of the way; he or she is just the last person who happens to have
changed it. So even if I were not a PD guy, I would have to object to
Osmarender giving the impression that I claimed sole copyright for a way
which I only marginally modified.

Bye
Frederik

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