[OSM-legal-talk] Licence Implementation plan - declines or non-responses

[Anthony]

On Mon, Aug 30, 2010 at 10:43 PM, Liz <edodd at billiau.net> wrote:
> On Tue, 31 Aug 2010, Anthony wrote:
>> On Mon, Aug 30, 2010 at 10:22 PM, Anthony <osm at inbox.org> wrote:
>> > First go through all the nodes:  If a node was positioned in a
>> > particular place by an accepter, keep it, otherwise revert it to the
>> > last accepter-positioned location.  If no accepter positioned it
>> > anywhere in the history, delete the node.
>> >
>> > Then go through all the ways:  If a way references two or more nodes,
>> > keep it.  Otherwise, delete it.  Ditto with relations
>> > s/nodes/elements.
>>
>> Hmm...then again, maybe this won't work.  There needs to be a
>> provision where an accepter taking and moving an entire way doesn't
>> cause the entire way to become accepted.  That would reposition all
>> the nodes.  But it doesn't change the shape of the way.
>>
>> Hmm...not sure how to fix that without causing a lot of complications...
>
> I was thinking about that, as it would leave an opportunity for bot-control
> Could the system look at the history up to May 2010 and then decide?

Not sure bots are the only problem.  In Potlatch you can easily drag
around entire ways, either on purpose or by accident.  I've probably
done this a few times myself (both on purpose and by accident!).