At 12:48 PM 3/18/2008, 80n wrote:
On Tue, Mar 18, 2008 at 10:57 AM, Andy Robinson (blackadder)
<<mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Richard Fairhurst wrote:
>Sent: 18 March 2008 10:54 AM
>To: <mailto:legal-talk@openstreetmap.org>legal-talk@openstreetmap.org
>Subject: Re: [OSM-legal-talk] import of dataset for new zealand
>
>Robin Paulson wrote:
>
>> (c) Crown Copyright
>
>w00t, Robin found his Shift key! ;)
>
>> even with 5 of these displayed on screen at any one time in a small
>> but readable font (and of course, they only need to be shown when the
>> data is usable, i.e. not at zoom 0 - 4), a large area of screen will
>> not be needed
>
>Better, I think, to stake our standard as being simply "OpenStreetMap
>and others" hyperlinked to the attribution page. It's scalable when
>more datasets come along; fits in better with the image of the
>project; and imposes no technical burden on those who reuse the data
>(i.e. they can simply link to
<http://www.openstreetmap.org/attribution>www.openstreetmap.org/attribution
rather
>than having to dynamically generate a list of imported datasets for
>the bbox).
+1
Like this perhaps?
<http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/index.php/Attribution>http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/index.php/Attribution
Can we symbolically link that to
<http://www.openstreetmap.org/attribution>www.openstreetmap.org/attribution
and then put a link to it on the front page to show we have a
practical attribution solution and are giving it maximum
easy-to-reach prominence?
It then just comes down to being careful to give the licensor chance
to define what "include an attribution statement" without forcing them to.
I'd suggest Robin emails or writes, writing preferable, a short
letter like the following. I had a hot shot lawyer business partner
and this is a tactic we often used in general business. Generally,
there is no reply and therefore any subsequent objection carries
little or no weight. I'd also be happy to send this personally as an
OSMF board member if Robin provides contact details and prior contact summary.
"Thank you for making your xyz data available. We are incorporating
it into a worldwide free open mapping project
http://www.openstreetmap.org, the purposes of which is described in
more detail at http://wiki.openstreetmap.org. In order to give
maximum permanent attribution as per your license terms, we have
placed an attribution here at
http://www.openstreetmap.org/attribution. If you have any objections
or questions about such usage, please feel free to write to us by
xxxxx, 2008, after which we will assume we are meeting your terms
satisfactorily."
This approach has worked successfully in the Philippines for OSM,
even sending the letter registered post.
Mike
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