Attributions, do they need to be shown, they dont seem to be sometimes.

[Jeffery2]

Do I need to include the dmoz attribution on every page of a directory, I dont have a directory yet, but am thinking of using a script.

 

I have seen at least one site (http://www.getblogs.com) that uses mainly dmoz data (at least tucked away on a page or two it says it is supplemented with dmoz data, and when it started it was almost all dmoz....) and they do not use any of the attribution notices at all? None on the listings pages, non on the submit pages, you have to look hard to find only a small notice, but even that is not the one as required per the rules.

 

Do they pay you for a seperate licence to not display any notices on their listings, or can you just ignore the notices if you dont want to use them?

If there is a seperate licence, how much is it? (searched high and low, but cant find any mention of one yet)

 

Its my understanding from reading the page on dmoz that you have to show the attributions or you are forced to remove all the data? Is this correct?

 

(as I would not want to learn a script, figure out how to import data, then have to remove it all, but then again getblogs does not seem to have had any problems with no attributions as are required)

[pvgool]

Its my understanding from reading the page on dmoz that you have to show the attributions or you are forced to remove all the data? Is this correct?

yes, this is correct.

[windharp]

While AOL/Time Warner might be considered a bit slow on this task sometimes, they come back to those sites eventually. Of course you can always name a lot of sites not complying with the ODP license, but the names of those sites change over time.