[Osmf-talk] attribution: board letter to facebook

Simon Poole simon at poole.ch
Fri Oct 11 21:30:01 UTC 2019


Am 11.10.2019 um 17:49 schrieb Christoph Hormann:
> On Friday 11 October 2019, Simon Poole wrote:
>> I'm not quite sure what you believe is happening on non-open channels
>> the whole process is out in the open.
> Well - i try not to make assumptions, but when i read for example in
>
> https://wiki.osmfoundation.org/wiki/Licensing_Working_Group/Minutes/2019-09-12#Attribution_Guidance
>
>> Facebook to provide feedback as well.

What is so dubious about that? Facebook simply indicated that they would
like to provide some feedback and we've noted that we are expecting that
to arrive in one form or the other.

> i wonder what that feedback might be and how it maybe has already found
> consideration in decisions on formulations.  Don't get me wrong - i
> think it is good to invite feedback from large data users but i think
> it would be best if that would be communicated and discussed on open
> channels just like feedback from individuals.
>
> Not to open yet another discussion - but the use of Google Docs for
> developing a document with no transparently visible edit history and no
> possibility to get notified about changes (at least not without getting
> a Google Account) is not ideal (see also OSMF FOSS Policy).  

We would all be more than happy if the OSMF provided an alternative to
the WGs with equivalent functionality (not to mention the mailing
lists), but there isn't one at the current point in time.

> I
> appreciate you investing the time to at least making a copy available
> on the wiki:
>
> https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Draft_Attribution_Guideline
>
> and as you can see this paid off since there have recently also quite a
> few valuable comments been added on the talk page there but that is of
> course not the same as actually developing the document on an open
> platform where everyone can directly follow changes as they are being
> made.
>
> --
> Christoph Hormann
> http://www.imagico.de/
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