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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 11/12/2018 13:45, Manfred A. Reiter
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<div>The decision of the DWG was absolutely correct
according to the rules that OSM imposed on itself. <br>
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I think the board here is opening Pandora's box. It will
certainly be interesting to see how all the controversial
areas will be judged from now on. <br>
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Given that there will be effectively a "new board" after Saturday I
think that it's only fair to let them get their feet under the table
first, but there clearly will be pressure from the community once
they have done that to release the more comprehensive statement that
was promised in
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://lists.openstreetmap.org/pipermail/talk/2018-December/081781.html">https://lists.openstreetmap.org/pipermail/talk/2018-December/081781.html</a>
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Without knowing on what basis this board decision to create an
exception to the OSM norm was reached it's difficult to generalise
from it and understand how it might apply in other edge cases.<br>
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Best Regards,<br>
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Andy (a member of the DWG, but sending this in a personal capacity)<br>
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