[OSM-talk] License/CT issues: Let's not punish the world's disadvantaged, pls.

John Smith deltafoxtrot256 at gmail.com
Thu Jun 23 17:04:05 BST 2011


On 24 June 2011 02:00, Tobias Knerr <osm at tobias-knerr.de> wrote:
> There are two plausible legal interpretations:
> - the "original author" is "OpenStreetMap"
> - the "original author" are a lot of individuals

You left off companies that have donated data.

> No matter which interpretation you choose, your website does not provide
> the legally required attribution for either interpretation.

Well, OSM-F may facilitate, but they didn't create the data, and I
don't plan to bother listing 1,000s of individual authors either.

> I'm not interested in talking about OSMF's legal choices with you.

Oh so it's a case of do as I say, not as I do...



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