[OSM-legal-talk] Deconstructing the "loss of data" claim

80n 80n80n at gmail.com
Wed Feb 20 11:13:12 GMT 2008


On Wed, Feb 20, 2008 at 10:54 AM, Frederik Ramm <frederik at remote.org> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> > It would be naive to think that the OSM database is totally error
> > free.
>
> Of course, but until now I thought it was our common goal to make it
> as error free as we can, and in fact when I talked about OSM I
> presented it as somewhat "morally superior" to those evil data
> providers who lie to us. If I now have an OSM board member publicly
> announcing that he knows of easter eggs (and if you would disapprove
> of the practice then you would have removed them already!), I cannot
> claim that moral high ground for OSM any longer.
>
> > You are, of course, totally at liberty to find and remove them.
>
> It seems that you would be in a better position than me to do it. But
> maybe, if that's the new project guideline, I'll start with some
> creativity as well. I think map data can be a great playing ground
> for various senses of humour.
>

It was a statement of fact, not a guideline or an endorsement.  I just said
I knew of some, I didn't say that I was responsible for them.



>
> Bye
> Frederik
>
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