[OSM-talk] Proposed human readable contributor terms

[Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason]

On Fri, May 14, 2010 at 21:36, Tom Hughes <tom at compton.nu> wrote:
> On 14/05/10 21:19, Ęvar Arnfjörš Bjarmason wrote:
>
>> I've created a proposed version of the human readable contributor
>> terms on the wiki:
>>
>> http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Open_Database_License/Contributor_Terms/Human_readable
>>
>> The wording can doubtless be improved (please do so!), and maybe
>> there's something more to cover. Let's try to keep it short though.
>
> The current wording appears to have been written in a way that is aimed at
> existing contributors rathera than new contributors, who are the only people
> being shown the terms currently.

Patches welcome! Seriously, I'm not a native speaker and the text can
be improved in lots of little (and big) ways. The intent with the
"OpenStreetMap is now moving away" part was to provide some summary,
but maybe that's not necessary.

> New users don't need to know that [...] that attribution is handled
> differently [...].

The attribution part is there because of section #4 of the contributor
terms:

    4. At Your or the copyright holder’s option, OSMF agrees to
    attribute You or the copyright holder. A mechanism will be
    provided, currently a web page
    http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Attribution

They apply whether you're a new user or not. I don't see any reason
why new users would care less about attribution than users that have
signed up in the past.