Where in CC-BY-SA's license does it say that attribution must be on top of an image or that no interaction is allowed???
On Fri, Aug 9, 2019 at 10:17 AM Nuno Caldeira <nunocapelocalde...@gmail.com> wrote: > So you are saying that when we switched from CC to ODbL, the bellow quote > was not true? > > Both licenses are “By Attribution” and “Share Alike”. > > > https://wiki.osmfoundation.org/wiki/Licence/Historic/We_Are_Changing_The_License#What_are_the_main_differences_between_the_old_and_the_new_license.3F > > > Also the license is clear, anyone that views, i don't have to interact to > acknowledge the notice. > Às 18:08 de 09/08/2019, Kathleen Lu escreveu: > > > Guidelines by the licensor >> >> On legal advice, *what a Licensor says carries weight with users of our >> data and, potentially, to a judge*. A court would make a final decision >> on the issue, however we hope these guidelines are helpful to *avoid >> *disputes >> arising in the first place and can be considered by the courts in coming to >> their verdict. >> >> from https://wiki.osmfoundation.org/wiki/Licence/Community_Guidelines >> > > Nuno, you are quoting this like it's the law, but what you have quoted > here isn't the *law*, it's what *OSMF* thinks *might* happen and what > motivates OSMF to put out guidelines. Frankly, OSMF can choose to change > the language you have quoted as a part of changing the guidelines! > Under the law, the licensor's opinion, as one party to the contract, is > taken into consideration. However, it is *not* the only thing that matters. > The words of the licence matter more, and if there is a conflict between > what the licensor thinks and what the licence says, the words of the > licence will control. In that case, the licensor is simply "wrong" (and > there are plenty of cases where that was the end result). > You are right that we hope to avoid disputes by setting out reasonable > guidelines, but if OSMF sets out guidelines that are unreasonable and not > tied to the language of the licence, then no one, either users of the data > or judges, will listen to OSMF, and, under the law, rightly so. > > >> >>
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