[talk-au] "JohnSmith" edits on 19 June 2011

[David Murn]

On Mon, 2011-06-20 at 09:29 +1000, Mark Pulley wrote:
> Quoting John Smith <deltafoxtrot256 at gmail.com>:
> > On 20 June 2011 02:11, Richard Weait <richard at weait.com> wrote:
> >> Please clarify for us the sources of these edits?
> > What does it matter since I'm never going to agree to the CT...
> 
> Now you're being rude.

Actually, I would suggest it is Richard who is being rude in this
situation, or is this a new policy to ask people publically to confirm
any sources for edits they have made without a source tag (or with a
source tag that I doubt).

In the interests of consistency Richard, would you also like to contact
the following members who have made edits on June 19th around Sydney and
who also failed to include a source tag for their edits: Franc, gopher,
dexgps?

> It does matter - if you don't put a comment

Are you also raising this issue with everyone who uses potlatch in live
edit mode, or is JS just easy pickings today?

> then it could be construed that your edits were copied from other sources. If  
> you actually did survey it, then why not say so? Also, if you abandon  
> OSM for FOSM, if this data is contaminated, it will also contaminate  
> FOSM (assuming FOSM will be using OSM CC-BY-SA data).

One can only assume that the edits were copied or derived from some
source, otherwise it would be a creative art and out-of-place for OSM.  

What do you mean 'contaminated'?  It may surprise you to know that some
data that 'contaminates' OSM with regards to the ODbL, can safely exist
in current OSM and FOSM with no legal problems.  If this data came from
a CC-BY-SA source and he hasnt accepted the CTs, then where is the
problem?

Can you seriously sit there with a straight face, while OSM data is on
the edge of being devastated in this country and find the most pressing
issue is someone not adding a source tag for a single barrier node (plus
some other minor edits)?  One wonders whether you would raise the same
issue about any other users if they hadnt dissented so much against the
foundation, political trolling at its best.

David