+1 to many responses in this thread. I'm in favour of a bit more centralized steering of OSM. Not only by OSMF, but also by other people (within and outside working groups) who will put a bit more coordinated energy in thinking about strenghts, weaknesses, opportunities and threats. Like addressing this threat: http://lists.openstreetmap.org/pipermail/osmf-talk/2012-December/001951.html
And luckily the board acts on this (source: https://docs.google.com/document/d/19wLhnezowHBio9zGaJkNaCbDX-gmWNHUSdx1kdQJYY0/edit# ): *The board resolves to strengthen the OSMF position with respect to its intellectual property, in particular trade and service marks. The board requests the Chairman to engage suitable, cost effective, legal support to a) register the OpenStreetMap mark and logo in the USA, if not possible as separate marks, as a combined mark. b) register the same in any other territories key to the further development of OSM (example: Russia) c) the same as for any other potentially valuable marks (including registration in the EU) d) to complete the transfer of the EU OpenStreetMap mark to the OSMF * It would be unimaginable if we couldn't use the word Openstreetmap anymore in the Wiki, because someone in some state on this globe trademarks it :-) I also believe it's simply not always possible to have 100% transparancy, so I like Simon's offer to address him personally. Let's act on these kind of threats (go on with that, OSMF), and let's act on other important things for the future of OSM, with a bit more coordination. Cheers, Johan 2013/2/2 Alex Barth <a...@mapbox.com> > On Friday, February 1, 2013, Simon Poole wrote: > >> If you find use of the term “geocode” on our wiki or help site please >> replace it with a generic term (for example "search"), or report it to my >> e-mail address. >> >> > Hey Simon - I find this hard to believe. Can you confirm that OSMF was > requested to entirely cease the use of the term 'geocode' in any of its > properties? If that's the case, I wonder how much legal ground this has. > Even if it was sadly possible for someone to trademark an everyday term it > seems we should be able to use it in documentation like the wiki, in help > forums, in a blog article, etc. > > >> > Can you publish the notice? > > _______________________________________________ > talk mailing list > talk@openstreetmap.org > http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk > >
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