Agreed. I think that either "With OSM" or "Powered By OSM" would explain the relationship a bit better than "By OSM" which suggests explicit authorship of whatever is displaying the watermark. That might not always be the case.
On Mon, Apr 22, 2013 at 10:57 AM, Michal Migurski <m...@teczno.com> wrote: > What about “with OSM” instead of “by OSM”? > > -mike. > > --------------------------------------- > michal migurski http://mike.teczno.com > > On Apr 22, 2013, at 7:39 AM, Simon Poole <si...@poole.ch> wrote: > > > The copyright page is now much better than before and IMHO contains the > necessary contents. There are a couple of wording issues that are already > present in the current version that we should address while we're at it > (but that is mainly CWG/OWG turf) but nothing major. > > I do have a couple of issues with the icon though. First while I'm sure we > would like to take credit for everything OSMish, doesn't "by OSM" imply the > wrong thing? What we want to say is I suspect "Data by OSM", that naturally > would be rather unwiedly. Further there may be a potential (legal) issue > with using OSM in that way that I need to discuss with counsel. > > But all in all a nice step forward. > > Simon > > > Am 22.04.2013 14:40, schrieb Alex Barth: > > Hello everyone - > > I'd love to start pushing again on the OSM attribution mark. > > This is an updated proposal based on an initial RFC from earlier this > year titled "Contributor Mark" [1, 2]. Sorry for the delay in following up > with adjustments based on feedback on the original thread. > > Again, the goal of this proposal is to draw more attention to > OpenStreetMap wherever it's used by introducing a visually compelling, > linked symbol for placement on OSM-based works and by explaining > OpenStreetMap better at the place where this symbol links to. > > Looking forward to your feedback. I'll also be reaching out to > corresponding working groups and OSMF to see how we can move this forward. > > Concretely, this RFC proposes > > 1. Replace current credit "© OpenStreetMap Contributors" with a visual > mark where possible > 2. Update > `openstreetmap.org/copyright`<http://openstreetmap.org/copyright%60>to > explain better OSM, to invite visitors to join and to allow creators of > derivative work to link back to their sites. > > The update to the original RFC brings 4 key changes: > > 1. Rename the proposal from 'Contributor Mark' to 'Attribution Mark' > 2. A completely redesigned mark, containing the letters "OSM" > 3. A completely redesigned `/copyright` page, the page the mark links to. > It is much closer to today's `/copyright` > 4. The mark is an alternative to "© OpenStreetMap Contributors". Only > where the mark can't be used, "© OpenStreetMap Contributors" may be used. > > Please read up on all details on the newly created RFC page: > > http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/RFC_Attribution_Mark > > Also take a look at the repository containing artwork and code: > > https://github.com/osmlab/attribution-mark > > Alex > > -- > > [1] Initial RFC > http://lists.openstreetmap.org/pipermail/talk/2013-January/065784.html > [2] Feedback summary > http://lists.openstreetmap.org/pipermail/talk/2013-January/065860.html > > > > _______________________________________________ > talk mailing > listtalk@openstreetmap.orghttp://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk > > > _______________________________________________ > talk mailing list > talk@openstreetmap.org > http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk > > > _______________________________________________ > talk mailing list > talk@openstreetmap.org > http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk > >
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