Display attribution text
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OSM data is licensed under ODbL which requires proper attribution. It would be nice to give credit by adding "Map data: © OpenStreetMap contributors" discretely somewhere as per the license terms.
Following up to a discussion with @jlevente, it is my understanding that both the mention of the ODbL license and the credits ("© OpenStreetMap contributors") need to appear if the map is to be used publicly (i.e. not at home, or even, not within a company). So a good way to implement it would be to have both mentions by default (e.g. in the lower right corner), but with the ability to remove them with an argument private_use = TRUE for instance (which would be FALSE by default).
Following up to a discussion with @jlevente, it is my understanding that both the mention of the ODbL license and the credits ("© OpenStreetMap contributors") need to appear if the map is to be used publicly (i.e. not at home, or even, not within a company). So a good way to implement it would be to have both mentions by default (e.g. in the lower right corner), but with the ability to remove them with an argument
private_use = TRUEfor instance (which would beFALSEby default).
@basille +1 for this switch. I would go the other way around, though, as in attribution=TRUE by default with an option to set it to FALSE. Either options would be acceptable for the license IMHO.
We're saying the same thing here: private_use = FALSE or attribution = TRUE, so that it takes the user's action to remove it. :)
Haha oops. You are correct. I was reading keywords only before hitting reply :)