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OpenStreetMap data is free, we only ask that you tell people about us in exchange¹.

Some site use OSM without attribution, *and* hotlink to OSMF tile servers. 😭 Our data is free, but our servers cost time & money. 🖥 It's now even easier for you to report naughty sites like that. 📝 They can (eventually) be blocked from freeloading. We hope this will increase visibility of OSM! 👍 🎉

Read more: https://github.com/openstreetmap/tile-attribution/blob/main/README.md
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¹ to simplify the OSM licence req's.

Like 13 January at 15:00 | Open on en.osm.town

3 comments

Mathew Attlee

@openstreetmap I wonder if this is a good use case for #webmention 🤔 https://www.w3.org/TR/webmention/

13 January at 15:21 | Open on hachyderm.io

Viktor Nagornyy

@openstreetmap Shouldn't you be able to prevent loading of assets on unauthorized domains?

13 January at 15:22 | Open on me.dm

ikt 🇺🇦

@openstreetmap i wish there was a way people could help out, like peer 2 peer / bitorrent style donating of bandwidth

i live in Australia, surely the majority of people around me are looking for aussie places so it makes sense if i could host a small part of osm and ease the server load for australians looking for australian places

13 January at 15:46 | Open on fosstodon.org