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borked · 02-21-2013, 12:20 PM

the maker of the geo lite database, Max Mind (word split on purpose) is busting my balls, without a legal foothold imo...

Their free city database is distributed based on the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License, which means if you make use their database on ANY page, you must credit them with their attribution link (see dev.maxmind.com/geoip/geolite ).

I've done that since day 1 using geoplugin, a webmaster API for querying this db. Now they have told me I have to make sure every one of my users is abiding by this.

WTF?! Firstly, I don't require anyone to signup to use geoplugin, and second those that did bother total nearly 8k webmasters. I don't require they register their domains, so impossible to verify they are displaying the link back to max mind.

imo, they can

So, many of you use their free db - do you provide their attribution link backs??

borked · 02-21-2013, 12:21 PM

oops, my sig doesn't

CyberHustler · 02-21-2013, 12:41 PM

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Originally Posted by borked

So, many of you use their free db - do you provide their attribution link backs??

I only use it for piwik. Only I see the admin, no use putting a link in there just for me.

geedub · 02-21-2013, 12:43 PM

I don't link to them, but I am using the purchased database in some places as well.

ajrocks · 02-21-2013, 01:09 PM

I don't think you should expect that much for free. It isn't that costly to buy access, then you won't have any issues.

borked · 02-21-2013, 01:10 PM

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Originally Posted by geedub

I don't link to them, but I am using the purchased database in some places as well.

The purchased db doesn't require linking.

My Fucking Traffic · 02-21-2013, 01:24 PM

Fuck them, I'm actually using your service in a project I'm building, I'll link back to you, not them.

borked · 02-21-2013, 02:45 PM

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Originally Posted by ajrocks

I don't think you should expect that much for free. It isn't that costly to buy access, then you won't have any issues.

Not really the point of the thread... They are saying i should verify my users are abiding by the accredition. Though nothing in that very vague license says I have to.

02-21-2013, 12:20 PM	#1
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02-21-2013, 01:24 PM	#7
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