Reading the wiki: http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Import/Guidelines#Make_sure_data_license_is_OK
quote "What we certainly cannot do is require end-users of our data/renderings to give credit to the particular data donor. With this in mind, our attribution may not be sufficient legally speaking and might actually be considered unsatisfactory by the original "authors" of the data." it seems to me, that also data which requires attribution only may not be imported into OSM as long as there is not an explicit statement from the original author/rights holder that crediting in "the OSM system" (e.g. changeset comments, wiki, source-tags on objects which might be later removed, credits in the description of a deducated import account, etc.) is sufficient and it is OK for him that the attribution to his particular data donation might be removed later by following users of the data? Or what is the general interpretation of the meaning of CT/ODbL regarding attribution only licenses? I am refering for instance to the Italian Open Data License, which explicitly states that it is compatible with cc-by-sa 3.0 and ODbL: http://www.formez.it/iodl/ but requires to (it:"indicare la fonte delle Informazioni e il nome del Licenziante, includendo, se possibile, una copia di questa licenza o un collegamento (link) ad essa;") ~"cite the source of the information and the name of the licensor, including if possible a copy of this license or a link to it" (informal translation). cheers, Martin _______________________________________________ legal-talk mailing list legal-talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/legal-talk
