[OSM-talk] remove the suggestion to credit "contributors"

[Christoph Hormann]

On Friday 17 April 2020, Simon Poole wrote:
>
> With the exception of imported datasources that are not
> re-licensable, you do realise though that the actual licensor of the
> data -is- the OSMF? And that attributing "OpenstreetMap contributors"
> is at best a sentimental relict (nothing against being sentimental,
> but that isn't your argument) and is, if anything, more confusing and
> misleading than simply asking for an attribution string that credits
> the project?

I am not meaning to question the (legal) reasoning behind the suggestion 
to credit 'OpenStreetMap'.  My consideration is purely a moral one.

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Christoph Hormann
http://www.imagico.de/