[OSM-talk] #AttributionIsNotOptional experiment on OSM France tile servers

Mateusz Konieczny matkoniecz at tutanota.com
Sun Mar 8 19:28:55 UTC 2020




Mar 8, 2020, 20:26 by talk at openstreetmap.org:

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> Mar 8, 2020, 12:12 by simon at poole.ch:
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>> I would be very very wary of doing anything that deliberately      defaces a web site without consulting with a local (to the country      the web site is in) lawyer, particularly if the message implies      wrong doing.
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> Illegal use of OSM data and violating terms of use of service is a clear wrong doing.
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> I am not a lawyer, but showing message informing about violating license and 
> terms of use of service seems 100% OK in case of website actually violating
> OSM license.
> And I fully support websites doing this.
>
To be more clear: I fully support action like OSM France to actually enforce
license requirements using methods like described here or by a legal action like
DMCA takedown notices against entities refusing to show a proper attribution.
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