On Thu, Jul 12, 2012 at 08:45:38AM +0200, Igor Brejc wrote: > Date: Thu, 12 Jul 2012 08:45:38 +0200 > From: Igor Brejc <[email protected]> > To: Kai Krueger <[email protected]> > Cc: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [OSM-dev] Attribution string (was: Licence redaction ready to > begin) > > Why not use TileJSON? http://mapbox.com/developers/tilejson/
+1 I hadn't known about this before but just looked at it and it seems to be a well thought-out and documented "standard". > Igor > > On Thu, Jul 12, 2012 at 7:12 AM, Kai Krueger <[email protected]> wrote: > > > On 07/10/2012 01:38 PM, Lynn W. Deffenbaugh (Mr) wrote: > > > > I've been wondering if it would be possible to put a fixed URL on the tile > > and/or API servers that application programs could fetch to retrieve the > > current attribution string for that particular tile server? Something like > > 0/0/0.txt or some-such that we could simply code into the tile-based > > clients to fetch the desired string instead of coding it directly in the > > clients? > > > > I think this sounds like a good idea. Rather than 0/0/0.txt, I would use a > > name like attribution.txt or license.txt in the base directory of the tile > > style. It allows for different attribution for different styles on the same > > server while still having a meaningful name. > > > > In addition I would suggest to add an attribution.html that has the > > attribution string as a html snippet with the correct hyperlink to the > > license and contributors. > > > > If people think this is useful, I could add this to mod_tile to help > > standardize the attribution URL. > > > > Kai > > > > > > Since we all have to go in and change the attribution anyway, now might be > > a really good time to make it a fetchable string. > > > > Lynn (D) - KJ4ERJ > > > > PS. I'm proposing a plain text string that can then be integrated into a > > client display here. Another fixed URL per tile server could provide the > > reference URL string so that said applications can make the text > > attribution a link going there. > > > > On 7/10/2012 3:32 PM, Michael Collinson wrote: > > > > Hi Paul, > > > > We discussed this tonight at LWG > > https://docs.google.com/document/pub?id=1W7eh17a7cEUilpbictKYnWJfHoxIcA1W_tPEmqvmDkcitem > > 5 > > > > We do not think temporary dual-licensing is particularly practical or > > necessary provided that we allow consumers reasonable time to make their > > attribution string changes. We are happy to re-visit this if there is any > > strong reason we are not seeing. > > > > Mike > > LWG > > > > >* From: Richard Fairhurst [mailto:richard at systemeD.net > > ><http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/dev>]*>* Subject: [OSM-dev] > > >Licence redaction ready to begin*>* *>* Once it is complete, we will be > > >ready to distribute data under the ODbL*>* and we'll advise of that with a > > >separate announcement. The final pre-*>* redaction dataset available under > > >CC-BY-SA has now been generated at*>* > > >http://planet.openstreetmap.org/planet-120704.osm.bz2 . Where data has*>* > > >been redacted, any attempt to access it from the API or the site's*>* > > >'browse' pages will return a response to that effect.* > > To transition from tiles derived from a CC BY-SA source to tiles derived > > from a ODbL source will require changing the attribution and regenerating > > all tiles so that CC BY-SA data is not mis-represented as being ODbL data. > > What time period will data be available under dual licenses so that tile > > servers will not have to reload their database then immediately delete every > > cached tile when changing their attribution? > > > > When I discussed this with Frederik awhile back I suggested publishing the > > first post-redaction planet as dual-licensed as well as one week of diffs to > > allow tile servers to continue to serve old CC BY-SA tiles and re-render > > over the course of a week. > > > > At the very least I would suggest distributing the first post-redaction > > planet as dual-licensed for the simple reason that all the information to > > create it will be available as CC BY-SA. > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > dev mailing > > [email protected]http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/dev > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > dev mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/dev > > > > > _______________________________________________ > dev mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/dev -- Jochen Topf [email protected] http://www.remote.org/jochen/ +49-721-388298 _______________________________________________ dev mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/dev
