[Talk-GB] Elections Online website - candidate for OSM?

[Richard Fairhurst]

Edward Bainton wrote:
> Is there any reason why OSM can't set up a user co-op (for instance) 
> that would offer a paid tileserver service?

It's an idea that's been thrown around now and then. In OSM, of course, "why
can't OSM..." is usually best rephrased as "hey, let's...". First person
plural. Thanks for volunteering! :)

(Alternatively, if you want someone else to do it for you, then you can
consider voting for OSMF board candidates who are likely to pursue this. I
would really caution against this, though, because OSM infrastructure is
currently run by volunteers and partly served by donated hardware; turning
that into an, at least partially, paid-for service would probably
necessitate rethinking the sysadmin and hardware situation from the ground
up.)

Richard




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