[OpenLayers-Trac] [OpenLayers] #103: attribution and copyright field

[OpenLayers]

#103: attribution and copyright field
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  Reporter:  anonymous & jrf  |       Owner:  sderle     
      Type:  feature          |      Status:  new        
  Priority:  blocker          |   Milestone:  2.5 Release
 Component:  Map              |     Version:             
Resolution:                   |    Keywords:  review     
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Changes (by jrf):

  * reporter:  anonymous => anonymous & jrf

Old description:

> To make it easy for proprietary data licensees to present the data they
> have bought in OpenLayers.Layer directly, e.g. by using the WMS layer or
> an adaptation of that to their own tiling scheme, we need to add methods
> of obeying the attribution and copyright requirements of these data
> sources.  Typically a line of text at the bottom of the map window is
> sufficient.

New description:

 To make it easy for proprietary data licensees to present the data they
 have bought in OpenLayers.Layer directly, e.g. by using the WMS layer or
 an adaptation of that to their own tiling scheme, we need to add methods
 of obeying the attribution and copyright requirements of these data
 sources.  Typically a line of text at the bottom of the map window is
 sufficient.

 Since maps contain many layers, the attribution text must be able to
 handle additions from many layers -- gracefully!  The attribution text
 should also allow HTML so that it can contain hyperlinks, bolding, {{{
 © }}} etc.

 A key requirement for most of the data providers that require attribution
 text is that it be visible when someone takes a screenshot.  That means
 that the attribution text can disappear when data from that layer is not
 visible.

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Ticket URL: <http://trac.openlayers.org/ticket/103#comment:4>
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