[OSM-newbies] The whole data - on DVD or torrent?

[Andre-John Mas]

On 26-Feb-08, at 21:46 , Dirk-Lüder Kreie wrote:

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> Andre-John Mas schrieb:
>> On 26-Feb-08, at 14:18 , Adrian wrote:
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>>> As far as I'm aware there is no public copy of the complete  
>>> database,
>>> something which bothers me a little (because it means the project is
>>> dependent on the goodwill of a small number of people).
>>
>> What is the difference between the two? Is it the difference between
>> historical and current?
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> The db contains user data (e-Mail-adresses, preferences and such  
> stuff)
> and the complete edit history. The former being the main reason  
> there is
> no db dump available, the latter mitigated by the existence of  
> hourly diffs.

Since I am only interested in the map data, what's available will do.

Thanks

Andre