NOTICE: help.openstreetmap.org is no longer in use from 1st March 2024. Please use the OpenStreetMap Community Forum

How come osm.org doesn't have to display a map ©OpenStreetMap contributors, licensed CC-by-SA? Even Google maps does that for map data (their Copyright/bug report line is pretty sweet btw).

Actually it doesn't say "©OSM" anywhere on the main page.

asked 24 Feb '11, 07:50

emj's gravatar image

emj
2.0k123547
accept rate: 15%


No user of OpenStreetMap data has to display the attribution right on top of the map, that just happens to be the most popular style of attribution. The CC-by-sa demands attribution "in any reasonable manner", and requires that "at a minimum such credit will appear where any other comparable authorship credit appears". A link with an obvious text (such as the "Copyright & License" link on osm.org) satisfies these requirements.

permanent link

answered 24 Feb '11, 11:47

Tordanik's gravatar image

Tordanik
12.0k15106147
accept rate: 35%

edited 24 Feb '11, 11:47

Your answer
toggle preview

Follow this question

By Email:

Once you sign in you will be able to subscribe for any updates here

By RSS:

Answers

Answers and Comments

Markdown Basics

  • *italic* or _italic_
  • **bold** or __bold__
  • link:[text](http://url.com/ "title")
  • image?![alt text](/path/img.jpg "title")
  • numbered list: 1. Foo 2. Bar
  • to add a line break simply add two spaces to where you would like the new line to be.
  • basic HTML tags are also supported

Question tags:

×535
×115
×111
×5

question asked: 24 Feb '11, 07:50

question was seen: 5,918 times

last updated: 24 Feb '11, 23:57

NOTICE: help.openstreetmap.org is no longer in use from 1st March 2024. Please use the OpenStreetMap Community Forum