[OSM-talk] A reliable process for handling OSM license violations

[Nick Whitelegg]

>Gert, as long as OSM is copyrighted, the OSMF will need to be in the
>business of suing OSMers. If you don't like the idea that the OSMF
>should come after a fellow mapper, why, then, welcome to the group of us
>who believe that OSM should be in the public domain.
>-russ

TBH I really don't care that much about how OSM is licenced, as long as it's not a proprietary licence, but I believe that if people aren't attributing correctly, it's most likely an oversight than anything else. A polite and importantly, private, email is appropriate. "Naming and shaming" in instances of simple oversight sounds dangerously close to authoritarianism and I very strongly believe OSM should not even consider going anywhere near there, *unless* someone steals OSM data and then claims it's their own.

Nick


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