[Talk-GB] GB License Change Readiness

[Jason Cunningham]

Thanks Mike, I'll now start having a proper go at replacing some of Guys
data. A monumental task and I think I'll just start with the important
roads.

Definitely looks like there will be possibilities for mapping parties in
the southwest, for those that enjoy that sort of thing

Jason

On 11 January 2012 09:15, Michael Collinson <mike at ayeltd.biz> wrote:

> On 10/01/2012 19:34, Jason Cunningham wrote:
>
>> Can anyone provide more detailed info on the final stance of the of the
>> top decliners? Looking at one of the websites, some are Guy, Ed Avis, Andy
>> Street, Simon Ward, Paul Martin and ulfl.
>>
>> I'd given a bit of though to mapping some of the areas that are to be
>> affected by the loss of 'Guy's data in the southwest (a lot of data!).
>> Would be upset to spend time remapping and then find out someone was in
>> talks with him.
>>
>
> Jason,
>
> As I understand it, ulfl will never agree to the new terms and I remap
> everything I find in the UK and Sweden. Ditto with JohnSmith fixme edits.
> You should find that ulfl edits are constructive but bot-like POI
> corrections of tag keys and their spellings and forcing to lower case of
> religions on churches ... just check that the IPR (Intellectual Property
> Right) value comes from you or other accepted contributors.
>
> Guy was contacted in November and again by me very recently but has not
> responded. Not known if contact details valid.  A large part of his
> contributions are unrefined waterway and road digitisations from NPE and
> there is now much better complementary OS25k/Bing/StreetView. I feel that
> we should make a start on these now, (I have, please join me), as it is
> worthwhile whether or not he agrees ... it is just that they get replaced
> rather than refined.
>
> Paul Martin was contacted by me very recently but has not responded. Not
> known if contact details valid. Apparently very unhappy with ODbL.
>
> I have been talking to Ed Avis, Andy Street, Simon Ward. All are
> reasonable people but with particular defined concerns.  I believe I have
> directly met Andy's concerns as per http://www.openstreetmap.org/**
> user/Andy%20Street <http://www.openstreetmap.org/user/Andy%20Street> but
> he has not responded since early December. I do not believe I can meet Ed
> and Simon's concerns other than to be very aware of them and pledge to make
> sure that they get properly aired and discussed on an ongoing basis; so I
> appreciate that they have a difficult choice to make. Same with 80n.
>
> Mike
>
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