Gert, as long as OSM is copyrighted, the OSMF will need to be in the business of suing OSMers. If you don't like the idea that the OSMF should come after a fellow mapper, why, then, welcome to the group of us who believe that OSM should be in the public domain. -russ
ce-test, qualified testing bv - Gert Gremmen writes: > Stop this nonsense. OSM is about mapping, not about enforcement > of licenses. Take your GPS and go outside. Or do some useful > mapping or japan of libya. Stop hustling the community about > this kind of trivialities. We are NOT commercial, and there is no > money involved !! Nothing to lose but our time! > > Hall of Shame : > > Gert Gremmen > > -----Oorspronkelijk bericht----- > Van: Michael Collinson [mailto:m...@ayeltd.biz] > Verzonden: zondag 20 maart 2011 18:49 > Aan: OSM talk > Onderwerp: [OSM-talk] A reliable process for handling OSM license > violations > > There are now at least 1 to 2 reports every month of folks not giving us > > proper CC-BY-SA attribution. These are mostly websites but include > poster advertising, a TV advertisement and a TV show. > > We need a reliable process for dealing with these. > > Currently, the License Working Group has been doing some work but it > feels that it is not dealing with the issues adequately and some issues > not at all. > > What should we do? > > Here's a run down of what happens at the moment: > > - At the very minimum, there should be a public record of alleged > violations to show that these things do not pass un-noticed and to > provide a central point for collating frequency and the nature of the > problem. So far, if the LWG hears a report, we document the basics in a > > "Hall of Shame" section of our weekly meeting minutes, > http://www.osmfoundation.org/wiki/Working_Group_Minutes > > - A member of the OSMF board or LWG takes up the particular issue. This > > depends very much on personal enthusiasm. It requires initial tact - > most instances are neglect/cannot be bothered rather than purely wilful. > > It requires persistance and follow-up, - we generally get an "oh we > will fix it immediately" ... and then they don't. It requires careful > coordination within the OSM/OSMF community to provide a united front. It > > may require research - for example, how exactly should a TV ad provide a > > CC-BY-SA attribution? And lastly, future cases may involve bumping up to > > formal legal help and legal action. Not easy for one person to do. > > > Mike > OSM Foundation License Working Group > > > > _______________________________________________ > talk mailing list > talk@openstreetmap.org > http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk > > _______________________________________________ > talk mailing list > talk@openstreetmap.org > http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk _______________________________________________ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk
