On 04.08.2017 17:59, Christoph Hormann wrote: > > Note the idea to ask for permission - apart from being inconvenient - > comes with two significant problems: > > * doing so removes the option to use a name without permission. This in > particular applies for the OpenXMap things. When using such a name in > a case where it makes sense and where it has nothing to do with OSM > (OpenAerialMap comes to mind) the idea that the OSMF would have the > right to deny such use is fairly far fetched and with thin legal basis. > So if i really want to use such a name it possibly makes more sense not > to ask.
Would have (the original) OAM project chosen OpenAerialMap if it wasn't closely modelling itself on OSM at the time and in fact was intended as a complimentary project building on OSMs beginning popularity? No, naturally not.. So, yes we have every moral and ethical right to limit the use of a name derived from our marks and intentionally building on the already well known name. Matter of fact OAM is a good example of how a domainname can change hands and end up with somebody completely different, exactly what we don't want to happen. > * permission could be subject to restriction (like: you may use this > name for your map as long as the map is partly/primarily based on OSM > data). For a business any such restriction would represent a > significant constraint that would speak against asking for permission > and using such a name. Are we interested in companies using names that can be easily confused (that is the criteria) with OSM for non-OpenStreetMap purposes? I don't think so. > > I understand your reasons why you think the OSMF needs to have a strict > policy here but it should be very clear that this would inevitably lead > to the names "OpenStreetMap" and "OSM" and similar/composite terms > being used much less even in fairly strictly OSM related projects that > the OSMF would probably have no problem with using the name. > You must be joking, there is no proposed strict policy, just a very lenient one. Simon _______________________________________________ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk
