[josm-dev] License change plugin

[Frederik Ramm]

Hi,

On 07/02/11 14:50, Stephan Knauss wrote:
> The doCheck() in BasicLicenseCheck is in my opinion not right regarding
> nodes that have no tags. As all information these nodes carry is their
> existence and coordinates I see no reason why any other status than the
> one of the last editor of that node could be relevant.

It has just occurred to me that there's a serious flaw in that 
logic/implementation. While we could debate whether or not we might be 
able to keep a node that has never been tagged, your check only looks at 
whether or not the node is currently tagged.

This means that if someone created a node using e.g. a "created_by=blah 
blah" tag, and someone else later removed that tag, your change would 
treat this as if the new person had somehow acquired the copyright for 
that node which is clearly wrong, and asking for trouble!

Bye
Frederik