These are norms not rules. ODbL doesn't specify how attribution needs to
happen, or anything about equivalence with other attribution. So even if OSMF
were to take on enforcement, there's nothing to specific to enforce. (And I
recommend we drop the whole license shaming shenanigans -- we should accept
that OSM has won and we are not the underdogs any more. ) Sure we could get
legal, but imagine the number of legal opinions about what "reasonably
calculated" means.
We may not like that reality, but that's the underlying legal situation. We can
certainly recommend a better way. And that recommendation can only be
formulated through the OSMF; a mailing list discussion will not lead to a legal
decision, though it's an interesting pulse on the topic. afaik the LWG is
actually thinking about updating the guidance to modern day usage, and welcome
that effort.
* Mikel Maron * +14152835207 @mikel s:mikelmaron
On Thursday, February 28, 2019, 8:03:23 PM EST, Greg Troxel
<g...@lexort.com> wrote:
Paul Norman via talk <talk@openstreetmap.org> writes:
> On 2019-02-28 2:35 p.m., Richard Fairhurst wrote:
>>
>> In recent years some OSM data consumers and "OSM as a service"
>> providers have begun to put the credit to OpenStreetMap behind an
>> click-through 'About', 'Credits', 'Legal' or '(i)' link. Examples:
>>
>> https://docs.mapbox.com/help/img/android/android-first-steps-intro.png
>> https://www.systemed.net/osm/IMG_1846.PNG
>
> In my mind what makes these examples particularly egregious is how
> they find room for image logos. If there's room for a Mapbox or Tomtom
> logo like in the images above, there's room for (c) OpenStreetMap
>
> With maps like this, I would expect a "reasonably calculated"
> attribution to have OSM with at least the prominence of other
> companies.
Agreed. The notion that there isn't room does not hold up to scrutiny.
I tend towards OSM being more aggressive about insisting that the
attribution rules be followed.
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