Re:Facebook acquires Mapillary
by blackboxlogic on Sunday June 21, 2020 @09:32AM
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it would take a lot of convincing for me to welcome Facebook into any project I'm part of. I've pointed out to one of their POs that they are violating OSMs copyright by not showing any attribution when browsing on mobile. I'm not confident it will ever be fixed. When they ask to be integrated into a project they're already abusing, the answer should be hard no. I'll reply to this comment if they start respecting OSMs copyright (unless comments get locked?). Just musing... but where do I file a DMCA?
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Re:Facebook acquires Mapillary
by maxerickson on Sunday June 21, 2020 @10:20AM
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Their use of the data is subject to section 4.3 of the ODBL. The language there demands a notice "reasonably calculated" to make the user "aware" of the data source. It doesn't demand on map attribution.
Attribution on the map is a clear, easy way to meet that bar (and acknowledges the many OSM contributors that see a prominent notice as being necessary to meet the license), but it isn't clear that the court tested bar will be so high.
Note that I'm not drawing "We'll see you in court" as a good way for a company to act towards a community, just commenting on where and how their obligations are defined.
Re:Facebook acquires Mapillary
by blackboxlogic on Sunday June 21, 2020 @10:26AM
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Well, browse to a FB page on mobile, and play "find the data source". When you lose that game, I'd say they did not "make the user aware".
Re:Facebook acquires Mapillary
by texasbigdata on Sunday June 21, 2020 @11:50AM
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Especially when the FB map guys go on podcasts and brag about how they use the data source and how advanced they are.