Licence

[maelle]

Would it make sense to add a paragraph about rights of use of obtained maps somewhere in the docs? I'm thinking of that because I think the two advantages of using this package to produce basemaps is:

• Customization!

• Open data!

And I'd like to add something about how the second point means you can legally do more with the map you obtain than if you made a map using a Google background (if I'm correct).

[maelle]

I actually wonder if the package should offer an option to annotate the map https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Legal_FAQ#3a._I_would_like_to_use_OpenStreetMap_maps._How_should_I_credit_you.3F 🤔

[maelle]

although annotation would not be enough, since credit should be beside the card in a readable form, not only on the image I guess.

[mpadge]

The interesting thing, as far as I understand, is that the only legal disclaimer necessary is the one issued on package load about the data themselve. Copyright disclaimers from openstreetmap.org are most commonly those pertaining to the actual maps they generate and serve. osmplotr just uses the coprighted data to produce maps that are not in any way subject to this kind of copyright - these are mere visual abstractions of copyrighted data. The more interesting question would be whether these maps could in fact be subject to copyright, in which case the package creators would be the rightful holders of said copyright. All very ponderous stuff about which I admit to be very poorly informed ...

[maelle]

Thanks! You'll see that in my blog post draft I

• mention the package load messages (of osmplotr and osmdata)
• annotate the map with magick Feel free to add comments there, in case the text in that post is confusing. 🤔