[Osmf-talk] Sustainable Participation in OSM (was Tanzania)

[Simon Poole]

I don't think I used "easy" anywhere, given that i have a professional
background in telecoms I'm fully aware that telcos, even the
non-incumbents are not the easiest (I'm being very diplomatic here)
organisations to deal with. On the other hand the WMF has already
familiarised them with the concepts and we have other angles of attack
that are likely not available to the WMF. In any case this would clearly
be a long term project and while it would likely be easier if we could
throw lots of money at the problem, it is not the only way to skin a cat.

Simon

Am 04.09.2014 20:01, schrieb Max Semenik:
> (accidentally replied to Simon only, reposting publicly)
>
> Hey, a WMFer here, involved with WP Zero.
>
>
> 2014-09-04 7:01 GMT-07:00 Simon Poole <simon at poole.ch
> <mailto:simon at poole.ch>>:
>
>     I'm saying this particularly in light of
>     http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_Zero Given that OSM can be of
>     even more immediate benefit to users in developing countries I
>     don't see
>     why we couldn't arrange for similar exceptions for traffic to and from
>     OSM (except naturally that we are less well known than WP).
>
>
> It's in no way an easy task: we dedicate a significant part of at
> least one full-time lawyer's workload to this, and have several
> managers who negotiate deals,  act as liaisons, etc. Travel expences
> are noticeable too. I don't think this is feasible for OSMF at this point.

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