On Thu, Apr 25, 2013 at 12:13 PM, Kathleen Danielson < kathleen.daniel...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > Richard, can you explain a little more of why you think that the idea is > bad for OSM? >
Removing "OpenStreetMap" from the attribution requirement is bad for OpenStreetMap. It is good for OpenStreetMap that people who benefit from the use of OpenStreetMap be informed that it is OpenStreetMap from which they are gaining a benefit. Removing "Contributors" from the attribution requirement is bad for OpenStreetMap. Data contributors are the very core of the project. They create and improve the data from which we all benefit. The "contributors" portion of the attribution requirement was part of the discussion in the license change process. Contributors asserted that a simple "copyright OpenStreetMap" was not enough. The OpenStreetMap data contributors deserve recognition on produced works. > The trade off that I am seeing here is reducing the > readable/indexable/searchable text > "Reducing" ? The image does not reduce the text the image eliminates the text. Specifically, the image eliminates every text character entity. The image eliminates "© OpenStreetMap Contributors" or 25 letters and copyright symbol. If you stretch, really really far, and try to accept that an image of a letter is as good as a letter, then the image eliminates "© pen treet ap Contributors". In that tortured version of reality, the image eliminates 22 letters of 25 and the only explicit copyright symbol. In exchange, the letters "by" are added, which suggest, at best, something less than copyright. > in exchange for the beginnings of a visual identifier, > By visual identifier, you mean image, right? :-) I don't accept that an image is a beneficial replacement for the text. When I say beneficial, I mean beneficial to OpenStreetMap. > and a direct link to a strategic copyright page. > There is already a copyright page. The link to the copyright page is already a requirement. In summary, the idea of a visual mark or image to replace the required attribution statement is harmful to OpenStreetMap.
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