@Firefishy why would they bother to pay when OSM mappers do not care to enforce even its own license requirements? https://www.openstreetmap.org/user/laznik/diary/404381

@leadingzero I created https://github.com/openstreetmap/tile-attribution and the automation that runs it. I care about attribution. OSM cannot do everything, but the people who make up the project do try. Remember OSM is just people like you and me working together.

@Firefishy The problem is that most OSM mappers do not care about the attribution requirement to be enforced. The key word is "enforced". Think about it — would you cast your vote to make the OSMF go to court to defend the license if the offending party ignores the love letters?

@leadingzero @Firefishy we have done that. Recently we settled out of court in Germany.

@grischard, in my blog post I asked OSMF to state, what are the criteria for taking a legal action against the license violators, as it is clear that most cases are NOT tried.

@leadingzero discussing this in public, letting some violators know that they’re at the bottom of our priorities list, would be self-sabotage.

Wrong answer @grischard. The correct answer should be "we are striving for 100% compliance". We, the OSM mappers granted the OSMF the exclusive right to defend the license and with that comes the duty to do so to the maximum extent. If you have a threshold, then explain to he OSM community why it exists.

@leadingzero I feel like you’re putting words in my mouth and trying to pick an argument here. I never said we have a threshold, but that we triage and prioritise.