[OSM-legal-talk] OS Opendata & the new license

[M∡rtin Koppenhoefer]

2010/9/28 John Smith <deltafoxtrot256 at gmail.com>:
> On 28 September 2010 21:03, Frederik Ramm <frederik at remote.org> wrote:
>> The question I am asking myself is: Is the ability to import as much
>> government data as possible really worth the hassle? And my personal answer
>> is a clear no; because to me, the value of imported data is very small,
>> almost neglibile compared to data contributed by members.
>
> How many more people have to express an opinion that differs to yours
> before you will accept the fact that people do want the ability to
> import data, not to mention the ability to keep existing work.


Most of the mappers I know are not fond of imports. You can mostly
just import data that is already available elsewhere. Data that gets
imported without a vivid community is doomed to get old and useless.
People care much more for their "own" data then for imported data.
Frederik is not alone with his statement, there is a big community
behind him that sees this similar.

cheers,
Martin