[OSM-talk] WolframAlpha uses OpenStreetMap data

[Gregory]

I think there was a mailing list thread on the wolframalpha attribution
about a month ago, although it might have only been a long IRC conversation.
A key thing was that the sources link didn't work in 1 or 2 key browsers
(must have been IE, FF, Chrome, or Safari).
Other than that problem they technically meet the attribution requirement (I
believe) but it is the view of a lot of us (and the reason I like
attribution) is that when they see the cool map they also see the cool name
rather than having to look for it.

On share alike, well I am free to save the map images of WolframAlpha and
put them on my own site/product (crediting OSM with CC-BY-SA) if I like the
style/cropping/location. I can't take the description of the place of WA,
because they didn't use/need OSM to write it.

On 16 June 2010 20:45, Tim McNamara <paperless at timmcnamara.co.nz> wrote:

> On 17 June 2010 03:47, Frank Sautter <openstreetmap at sautter.com> wrote:
>
>> WolframAlpha uses OpenStreetMap data
>> http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=Berlin
>>
>> Is the license attribution they are using OK?
>>
>>
> I think it depends on whether you can seperate the map that Wolfram|Alpha
> have created from the rest of their content. If the map is seen
> as separate from the rest of the page, then I think it's probably fine.
> However, I think that it's a stretch to say that the single map component is
> seperate from the rest of the result. The whole thing creates a single
> creative work. Therefore, I think that every result that uses an OSM map
> should be licenced under CC-BY-SA or similar:
>
> *"Share Alike* — If you alter, transform, or build upon this work, you may
> distribute the resulting work only under the same or similar license to this
> one" [1]
>
> However, from the sounds of this discussion, the OSM community seems to
> really be caring about the attribution requirement. If so, I think the group
> should reduce its licencing requirements to CC-BY. This would reflect the
> intention of what people are after in practice.
>
> -Tim
>
>
> [1] http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/
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