[talk-au] Maxspeed bots

[Richard Weait]

On Thu, Dec 1, 2011 at 9:29 PM, Nick Hocking <nick.hocking at gmail.com> wrote:
> Richard,
>
> I don't believe that it is possible to start remapping in Australia until
> the maxspeed bots are removed (from the database and also all histories)
> without affecting any other edits to those ways.
> Or alternatively reassigning them to a ct_acceptor userid. (also for all
> histories)
>
> Then (and only then) can we know what needs to be remapped.
>
> Only OSMF has the access necessary to do this. Who do I need to ask to
> perform this task. Is it the DWG or the LWG or ...

Hi Nick,

I see several approaches available here:
- ask the bot owner to accept
- revert the bot work
- ask for help reverting (typically others in the community or DWG)
- argue convincingly on legal talk that the maxspeed bot and bots in
general don't have rights to decline CT/ODbL