What is KnowYourWeeds, why is using iNaturist photographs, and then profiting with our observations?
if they’re using appropriately licensed images, and if they’re serving up their own copies of the photos (rather than relying on iNat servers to serve them up), i’m not sure what the problem is?
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From the FAQ
Photographs - Copyright & Creative Commons
The photographs displayed on this site have been sourced from photographers who have given permission for KYW to use their work, or who have licenced their work under a creative commons licence, or works that are in the public domain
Please note that the licencing information provided by KYW is based on information as at the time of image download and should not be relied upon for current licencing
If you intend to use any photographs it is your responsibility to visit the original source and to make your own determination as to licencing arrangements
Photographs by KYW have a CC BY 4.0 licence and can be downloaded from the site
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I would note that it isn’t clear from the initial text (which just links to Wikipedia for CC licenses) that they are using images totally appropriately. They only reference CC licenses in general, but presumably any image with a CC-NC license would not be allowed to be used for this site/application. If someone finds a CC-NC licensed image from iNat being used, that would likely be a violation.
That said, they are at least being fairly transparent about their sourcing which is more than many sites…
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