[OSM-legal-talk] Copyright and license page, how to do the details
I am reading the new copyright and license page, but don't find it very clear to understand. http://www.openstreetmap.org/copyright How to credit OpenStreetMap We require that you use the credit “© OpenStreetMap contributors”. You must also make it clear that the data is available under the Open Database License, and if using our map tiles, that the cartography is licensed as CC-BY-SA. You may do this by linking to this copyright page. Alternatively, and as a requirement if you are distributing OSM in a data form, you can name and link directly to the license(s)... For a browsable electronic map, the credit should appear in the corner of the map. To whom applies the requirement to credit in the corner of the map, just to users of the datatiles or to all users of OSM data presenting it in some form of browsable electronic map? Where does this requirement come from? Or am I misinterpreting this, and should is not a requirement but a recommendation? Crosschecking with the legal FAQ it seems that an about-box/page would be fine as well: http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Legal_FAQ#3a._I_would_like_to_use_OpenStreetMap_maps._How_should_I_credit_you.3F For a browsable electronic map (e.g. embedded in a web page or mobile phone application), the credit should appear in the corner of the map, as commonly seen with map APIs/libraries such as Google Maps, or an about box/page.. cheers, Martin ___ legal-talk mailing list legal-talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/legal-talk
Re: [OSM-legal-talk] Copyright and license page, how to do the details
On 28.10.2012 15:11, Martin Koppenhoefer wrote: To whom applies the requirement to credit in the corner of the map, just to users of the datatiles or to all users of OSM data presenting it in some form of browsable electronic map? Where does this requirement come from? Or am I misinterpreting this, and should is not a requirement but a recommendation? I'm also wondering how that recommendation (requirement?) made it onto the copyright page. Based on existing websites and applications using OSM data, this is not at all an universally accepted standard for attribution. In the case of apps/sites intended for mobile usage, it is rare to see attribution in the corner due to screen space constraints. But even for desktop applications, about boxes aren't uncommon either. The only subset of browsable electronic maps where this approach to attribution dominates are slippymaps on websites for desktop usage. The popular slippymap frameworks probably contribute to this because they place it in a corner by default. But even there you will find exceptions among popular websites within the OSM community that have existed for years. This is usually the case where multiple sources are used to create the map, making it impractical to list all of them directly on the map. To summarize, the corner attribution is clearly not the best choice at least in the following cases: * on mobile devices with small screens * when combining several sources that each ask for attribution * with technical limitations (e.g. no hyperlinks in drawing area). So my suggestion is to remove or rephrase that section of the copyright page. It should be allowed to place attribution in a dialog (such as the standard about box user interface convention for desktop apps) or a separate license/sources/about page - which of course must be directly and easily accessible from the site displaying the map. Tobias ___ legal-talk mailing list legal-talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/legal-talk
Re: [OSM-legal-talk] Copyright and license page, how to do the details
Am 28/ott/2012 um 15:11 schrieb Martin Koppenhoefer dieterdre...@gmail.com: just to users of the datatiles or to all users of OSM data presenting it in some form of browsable electronic map? Errata corrige: s/datatiles/standard mapnik rastertiles/ ___ legal-talk mailing list legal-talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/legal-talk
