I've just been given permission to use some UK Local Government data relating to Public Footpaths and other Rights of Way in OpenStreetMap, under the terms of the Open Government License (OGL) [1]. In return the County Council is asking for a standard attribution based on the example given in the license. So far, so good.
Assuming that local mappers agree if and how we make use of the data (ongoing discussion on the talk-gb lists), can I check that the right place to put this attribution would be in the wiki at http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Contributors ? Secondly, if that's the case, then surely there needs to be an obvious way to reach that page from the main OSM page. From http://www.openstreetmap.org/ , I can easily get to http://www.openstreetmap.org/copyright by following the "Copyright & License" link in the left-hand bar. But, unless I'm missing something, the trail then runs cold. That page contains a few attribution statements / acknowledgements for major data providers, but I'd have thought it should also link to http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Contributors for further detail and additional statements. Should a link along the lines or "For further details about these and other sources used to compile the map, please see ..." be added just below the bulleted list of countries near the bottom of http://www.openstreetmap.org/copyright ? (Ok, so you can get to http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Contributors from the main page by clicking "Documentation" on the main OSM page, and then "Contributors" from the left-hand bar of the wiki. But given the presence of the "Copyright & License" on the main page, and the attribution statements contained at http://www.openstreetmap.org/copyright , I don't think a reasonable person would consider looking anywhere else for additional attributions.) Thanks, Robert. [1] http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/ -- Robert Whittaker _______________________________________________ legal-talk mailing list legal-talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/legal-talk