On Sun, 11 Jul 2010 13:28 +0200, "Manuel Reimer" <manuel.s...@nurfuerspam.de> wrote: > visio...@petml.com wrote: > > Geesh. I'm starting to regret I even posted. I hope this kind of > > response isn't typical. I'm simply trying to be compliant and seeking to > > promote OSM data. Please, forget I asked. No follow-up response from you > > is desired. > > And I'm sorry to make you upset. Yes, there may be a language barrier > and I may have misunderstood you. Sorry for that. For me, this read like > you try to get some "special permission" to allow your customer to use > OSM data without following the CC-BY-SA license. > > What I tried to make clear is that the person, who broadcasts > Openstreetmap data also has follow the license terms, you'll find on > this page: > > http://www.openstreetmap.org/copyright > > One of your addresses: > http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Open_Data_License/Attribution_-_Guideline > > says that attribution on an associated website would also be OK. In my > opinion this isn't the nice way, as a short displaying of where the data > came from would be much better for the project, but if someone decided > that attribution an an associated website is also OK, then this is OK. > But the broadcaster will have to place this attribution on *his* > website. A website, anyone can bring in association with the TV > broadcast. > > I didn't know the specialities of the ODbL license. As far as I know, > porting to this license is not finished, so data still ins CC-BY-SA > licensed, only. Maybe someone else knows details about ODbL? > > > My apologies to everyone if I come across as gruff. This guy just rubbed > > me the wrong way. > > Sorry for that! > > Yours > > Manuel > >
My sincere apologies to you Manuel. I see that you were only trying to help and I reacted poorly. Thank you for the time you took out of your day to assist me. -- http://www.fastmail.fm - A no graphics, no pop-ups email service _______________________________________________ legal-talk mailing list legal-talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/legal-talk
