Re: [OSM-dev] Legal question about attribution text on smartphone

2017-04-23 Thread Wesley Duffee-Braun
Hi all, My interpretation (IANAL) is that, based on the following (from https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Legal_FAQ) - For a *browsable electronic map* (e.g. embedded in a web page or mobile phone application), the credit should appear in the corner of the map, as commonly seen with

Re: [OSM-dev] Legal question about attribution text on smartphone

2017-04-23 Thread Stadin, Benjamin
Simon, thanks but I'll also want to hear another feedback with somehwat more positive tone. But since you mention Mapbox: They have their own logo in the lower left + a small info (i) button on the lower right. Tapping that (i) open a action sheet with OSM attribution and link. I think it's

Re: [OSM-dev] Legal question about attribution text on smartphone

2017-04-23 Thread Simon Poole
I hope you realize just how patently silly that post was. But just in case you don't: you get legal advice from the counsel that you have engaged (and typically they will want money for that), you do not get it from a public developers mailing list (it is however the right place to get personal

Re: [OSM-dev] Legal question about attribution text on smartphone

2017-04-23 Thread Stadin, Benjamin
I need a legal advice, not a personal opinion about app design. That we need to show our own logo –we didn’t show it before but showed the OSM attribution text- has a solid legal background, which I won’t go into detail in a public mailing list. That we want to show only one logo on smartphones

Re: [OSM-dev] Legal question about attribution text on smartphone

2017-04-23 Thread Simon Poole
IMHO mobile devs tend to substantially exaggerate the screen real estate scarcity. Two to three sources as text lines is clearly doable, and you don't really need to have separate links on the main screen itself, just show a common attribution screen. And: -you- control how much you want to show