Yes, trademark issues should not be a problem. Trademark infringement is in general only relevant when the usage falsely implies that you are the infringed brand, or connected to it. However, I too would think this is not something appropriate for OSM. We collect geographical information, not company information.
On Tue, Sep 19, 2017 at 9:33 AM, David Fox <davefoxfa...@btinternet.com> wrote: > Many company names are trademarked, yet included in OSM. > > That said, I'm uncertain of any benefits of a 'slogan' tag. > > > > On 19 September 2017, at 08:19, Tod Fitch <t...@fitchdesign.com> wrote: > > > It is my understanding that corporate slogans are usually trademarked and > written permission is required to use or reproduce them. > > I think that would rule them out as acceptable items to include in OSM. > > > On September 19, 2017 12:13:21 AM PDT, SwiftFast <swiftf...@gmx.com> wrote: >> >> The slogan tag would contain a company/organization's slogan or motto. >> It is human-readable, similar to the "description"[1] tag. Multiple >> languages are allowed with the "slogan:lang" format, just like >> descriptions and names. >> >> Example usage: >> brand=McDonald's >> slogan=I'm Lovin' it >> >> [1] https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/key:description >> >> ________________________________ >> >> Tagging mailing list >> Tagging@openstreetmap.org >> https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging > > > -- > Sent from my Android device with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity. > > _______________________________________________ > Tagging mailing list > Tagging@openstreetmap.org > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging > -- André Engels, andreeng...@gmail.com _______________________________________________ Tagging mailing list Tagging@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging
