[OSM-legal-talk] Starting Repository For Public Domain OSM Data

[Frederik Ramm]

Hi,

Joseph Gentle wrote:
> I don't think it matters much where our mailing list is hosted. A
> google group would be fine

I for one will certainly not join a Google list, I don't know if I'm 
just picky or if others feel the same - Google lists just provide an 
incentive for ever more people to open Google accounts and make their 
habits available to Google for commercial exploitation.

As for finding a project name, talking to OSGeo, asking the OSMF for 
their stance and so on - my advice would be to keep this very, very 
low-key at first. No cool project name, no domain, no formal talks with 
anybody - all this risks creating some vaporware shell which is devoid 
of content. Create the content first, see if it has the potential to 
fly, then make further decisions. Don't expect the OSMF do make any sort 
of commitment (or even public statement) before they've got OSM's own 
license finished, that's already an issue that is almost too big. Find 
some University or someone where you have contacts to host the thing.

Don't set up too much of your own structure just yet, because it is very 
well possible that it makes sense to fly under the flag 
"OpenStreetMap/PD" once things are a bit clearer, but you cannot 
possibly expect many from OSM to endorse the thing when so little is 
clear about it... personally, I would much prefer "OpenStreetMap/PD" or 
something like that instead of a completely different name, and also 
have friendly cooperation between both in the future.

I don't suppose there should be objections to setting up a "pd-talk" 
list on openstreetmap.org. Tom Hughes would be the person to ask, and be 
sure to supply him with an email address for the list admin.

Bye
Frederik

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