Hi there, I've got a question concerning credits to give when using OpenStreetMap tiles or data.
A qoute from English "Legal FAQ" [1]: 1. "(c) OpenStreetMap (and) contributors, CC-BY-SA" (tiles) 2. "Map data (c) OpenStreetMap (and) contributors, CC-BY-SA" (data) The German FAQ translates the first point into "(c) 'OpenStreetMap' (und) Mitwirkende". The meaning of "Mitwirkende" is "active participants" (direct translation *is* contributors). And now, I've got a problem: According to this website [3], contributors are equated to donators of data and not as members of OpenStreetMap. Now, why are there two groups? 1. OpenStreetMap (the people / the community) *and* 2. contributors Okay, the "and" is in brackets only, but who added it and why? I think, traditional credits were "OpenStreetMap contributors". That's much better, since it applies to the whole community, but [3] gives a complete different meaning... From my point of view, these credits would be okay: 1. [Map data] (C) OpenStreetMap community, CC-BY-SA 2.0 2. [Map data] (C) OpenStreetMap contributors, CC-BY-SA 2.0 3. [Map data] (C) OpenStreetMap participants, CC-BY-SA 2.0 Oh, I also want to mention that "(c)" is the wrong transliteration for the copyright-sign - the right one is "(C)" :-) Best regards, Tobias references: [1] http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Legal_FAQ [2] http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/DE:Legal_FAQ [3] http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Contributors _______________________________________________ legal-talk mailing list legal-talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/legal-talk