[Tagging] Amenity swimming_pool (was Amenity parking)

Nathan Edgars II neroute2 at gmail.com
Fri Jan 13 11:30:50 GMT 2012


On 1/13/2012 6:07 AM, Simone Saviolo wrote:
> On the semantics of access=permissive. I used to be confused too (not
> that I'm not anymore; it's just that now I accept the definition).
> "Permissive" sounds like you need a permit to go there, and in that
> sense I found it perfectly fitting for the Italian ZTLs (=limited
> traffic zone). Actually, it's more an equivalent of "tolerated"; but I
> wonder how many newcomers have used it incorrectly, because it is very
> counterintuitive at least for non-native English speakers. But, this
> is what we have; should we change? And if yes, how?

Permissive means that you have permission by default. Is 'permit' 
better-known by non-English speakers than 'permission'?



More information about the Tagging mailing list