I've long considered that it would be good to have a system whereby anyone modifying a specified subset of the database would be presented with a message for them to read before comitting.<br><br>This would be implemented with a special key that all editing software would be encouraged to support.<br>
<br>In this case the message would read "please don't delete my IDs"<br><br>It would also be useful in instances of unintentional vandalism, or that case where there was an edit war over some change of road layout between a local that knew the ground and a remote user with out of date yahoo data.<br>
<br>Just a thought.<br><br>JR<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On 23 March 2010 11:57, <a href="mailto:jamesmikedupont@googlemail.com">jamesmikedupont@googlemail.com</a> <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:jamesmikedupont@googlemail.com">jamesmikedupont@googlemail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;"><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Mar 23, 2010 at 12:50 PM, Frederik Ramm <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:frederik@remote.org" target="_blank">frederik@remote.org</a>></span> wrote:<div class="im">
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Jaak Laineste wrote:<br>
> 1) my inserted data (tag, node, relation, way - any of them) can be defined<br>
> as private, nobody else can not even see it.<br>
> 2) my data is protected - you can see, but not modify<br>
> 3) my data has group privacy/protection under my control: I can give view/<br>
> modify / delete permissions to specific users/groups
</div><br>These three are, in my opinion, not compatible with the spirit of OSM.<br>
If you want your own data, store it somewhere else ;-)<br></blockquote><div> </div></div></div>Yes, as soon as you license your data under CC-SA you are explicitly allowing people to modify it.<br>I think the whole idea of putting the data in osm is not just for making a pretty picture, but for contributing data for others to build upon.<br>
<br>mike<br>
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