[Osmf-talk] Use of osmfoundation.org email addresses and role of opengeodata.org

[Steve Coast]

On Jan 18, 2012, at 12:26 AM, Frederik Ramm wrote:
> The post doesn't directly accuse Google of corporate malevolence but is written in a way that could easily be interpreted as such, drawing a parallel to another recently publicized instance of alleged Google misbehaviour. The post is, to put it mildly, not an example of good diplomacy skills.

Er, it was confirmed and apologized-for behavior not just alleged.

> In the comments section, our own Tom Hughes writes that he considers this post "grossly irresponsible and wholly inappropriate", a sentiment to which I feel compelled to agree, and that "The board of OSMF are making mountains out of tiny pimples here."

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> I think that, to avoid confusion, @osmfoundation.org e-mail addresses should only be used in OSMF business and not when signing private publications.

You need to establish if it was in fact private for a start. Just because Tom went on a rant doesn't mean I, Mikel or Grant don't stand behind a post.

> To be clear: opengeodata.org never claimed to be in any way official; it is just the nature of the posts appearing there that may make it look like it was official in the eye of an outsider.


Actually, I transferred it to OSMF this morning when I discovered I still owned it.

Steve