[OSM-talk] No attribution on osm.org?

Maarten Deen mdeen at xs4all.nl
Fri Mar 9 10:50:19 GMT 2012


On 2012-03-09 11:36, Floris Looijesteijn wrote:
> No. That page only talks about how you should attribute if you're
> using OSM yourself.
>
> I nowhere read the required "© OpenStreetMap contributors, CC BY-SA"
> for the map on osm.org.
>
> Maybe my remark was a bit blunt, and indeed didn't recently change 
> but
> I still think it's not setting the right example.

The layout of the map page did change recently. The tabs above the maps 
are in a different style (don't look like tabs anymore) and the style of 
the links in the bottom right have changed.
I don't know if that coincides with the removal of the attribution, but 
I also remember is was there.

Regards,
Maarten

> On Fri, Mar 9, 2012 at 11:30 AM, Peteris Krisjanis <pecisk at gmail.com> 
> wrote:
>> Hi!
>>
>> Floris, proper attribution in all it's glory details are here
>> http://www.openstreetmap.org/copyright
>>
>> Attribution can be in many different forms. Not always it has to be
>> overlay text.
>>
>> Have a nice day,
>> Peter.
>>
>> Pk, 2012-03-09 10:23 +0000, Tom Hughes rakstīja:
>>> On 09/03/12 10:17, Floris Looijesteijn wrote:
>>>
>>> > I just noticed that there no longer is proper attribution on a 
>>> small
>>> > website you might have heard of:
>>> >
>>> > http://www.openstreetmap.org/
>>> >
>>> > Isn't this sending out the wrong message?
>>>
>>> The fact that the site is called www.OPENSTREETMAP.org is the 
>>> attribution.
>>>
>>> What's more interesting is your claim that there is no longer 
>>> proper
>>> attribution, which suggests that you think something has changed.
>>>
>>> What exactly do you think we used to do that we no longer do?
>>>
>>> Tom
>>>
>>
>>
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