[Talk-ca] Community Conduct

[Stewart C. Russell]

On 2016-12-22 02:43 PM, Frederik Ramm wrote:
> 
> http://www.openstreetmap.org/changeset/44545610#map=16/45.4064/-75.7947
> …
> But maybe I'm overreacting and I'm prepared to let the matter rest if
> the Canadian community finds that normal.

I don't find that normal, and I'm sorry you had to deal with it. OSM
must be a welcoming and cooperative community, and some of the comments
in that exchange were out of line. OSM is not a race to see who can add
the most data.

I have approached the GIS at Carleton team to ask about the licence for
their air photos. I can neither access their images as a slippy map nor
find a data licence text. The statement that “City of Ottawa Air Photos
are available for direct download for Carleton University students,
faculty and staff ONLY” (emphasis theirs) makes me concerned that the
data is under a restricted academic licence.

Until Carleton can confirm that the data is good to use, I'd like to
request that Jamie and any others refrain from using it as a data
source. It's like the Ottawa building import: the OSM community can't
use data until its source and licence is verifiable by everyone.

cheers,
 Stewart