[OSM-talk] Omaha World-Herald using OSM without attribution

[Inge Wallin]

On Wednesday, December 17, 2014 04:23:07 PM Toby Murray wrote:
> Well, I sent an email to the address listed on the "about" page and got a
> quick response. Apparently there was attribution originally but it somehow
> got dropped when they did a recent update. He understands open licensing
> and attribution and was very apologetic about it getting dropped. Hopefully
> it will be fixed soon.
> 
> What I say when I send messages like this stresses the fact that we aren't
> just copyright pedants but that we view the attribution as a way to help us
> build our community which will in turn lead to a better map for them.

You should send a reply to them saying that the penalty for missing this is to 
write an article about the OSM community.  *That* would be beneficial for the 
local community there.

	-Inge


> Toby
> 
> On Wed, Dec 17, 2014 at 11:02 AM, Clifford Snow <clifford at snowandsnow.us>
> 
> wrote:
> > On Wed, Dec 17, 2014 at 8:30 AM, JB <jbosm at mailoo.org> wrote:
> >> Don't want to start a battle here, but I thought best practises where « ©
> >> OSM contributors » directly on the map, clearly visible? I don't see
> >> anything close to that today, even with the big map they have on their
> >> site.
> >> https://www.geocaching.com/map/default.aspx#?ll=46.31658,-1.18652&z=5> 
> > Geocaching doesn't follow our recommendations, but they to give
> > attribution, as Toby pointed out on their about page. Not only that they
> > give links to start contributing to OSM. That might seem nice, but when
> > you
> > look at their business practices, it says a lot. They make their money
> > from
> > paid subscribers. Free subscribers get OSM maps, while paid subscribers
> > get
> > to choose between OSM and Google. As we continue to build the worlds best
> > map, more people will decide free is actually a much better bargain.
> > 
> > A few geocachers have attended our meetups, but I think most geocachers
> > are don't want to make better maps since the whole premise is to hide
> > something. Nothing worse that a map with a trail that leads directly to
> > the
> > cache.
> > 
> > BTW - I notice that they use state highway shields, at least in Washington
> > State. It would be nice to see us add shields to OSM.
> > 
> > Clifford
> > 
> > 
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