<div dir="ltr"><div dir="auto"><div><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Thu, May 12, 2022, 1:48 AM Anthony Costanzo <<a href="mailto:acjames28@gmail.com" target="_blank">acjames28@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">While I understand the concerns expressed on this matter, I do not believe intentional censorship is consistent with the principles of a free open source project, well-intentioned as it may be. I also do not believe this to be a proper means of protecting sensitive areas, because security through obscurity is not security. If the authorities responsible for these sites wish to restrict access to them, let them fence them off, put up signs, etc. It is not our responsibility as mappers to obscure publicly available information.</div></blockquote><div><br></div><div>"Change the real world to reflect my map" is not a reasonable request. If every Native American tribe were to construct fences and put up signs around all their sensitive sites, they would be desecrating these sites themselves, as well as revealing where they are and leaving them vulnerable to desecration by others. This would not change the fact that culturally sensitive information does not belong on OSM.<br></div></div></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">When someone adds personal information to OSM, we remove and redact it. When someone uses a copyrighted source, we remove that as well. Would these actions be considered censorship?</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div>If so, I'm okay with censorship. Privileged tribal knowledge is not suitable for adding to OSM, and adding it would likely cause legal problems for us.</div><div><br></div><div>-Clay<br></div><div dir="auto"><div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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