[Talk-us] as the license change approaches...

[Richard Weait]

On Sun, Dec 18, 2011 at 1:20 PM, Richard Welty <rwelty at averillpark.net> wrote:
> Richard Weait's post about Albuquerque got me thinking.
>
> for those of us who have accepted the license change and intend to keep on
> working, there are positive things we can be doing right now in
> anticipation.
> for the areas where we are focused we can do the following:
>
> 1) use the geofabrik inspector to see what map features in your area are
> impacted (the JOSM history dialog has a nice feature for looking at license
> acceptance, but it appears to be buggy. double check on a user's license
> acceptance before contacting based on the JOSM dialog.)
>
> 2) start contacting mappers who have not yet accepted the new CTs and
> inquire as to their intent (do not harass those who have explicitly
> declined.
> what's done is done.)
>
>    a) be polite, and non confrontational. it's best to plan on avoiding an
>        argument/discussion about the new terms, they're coming and that
>        isn't going to change. most of us are quite tired of the argument by
>        now.
>
>    b) if they are open minded/uncertain about the new terms, you can point
>        out the extent of the disruption when they have a couple of edits
> buried
>        in the middle of an extensive edit history
>
>    c) no matter what their response is, thank them for it and for their past
>        contributions.
>
> 3) start putting together a TODO list of things that are going to need to be
> dealt with once you are fairly sure of who isn't going to respond or who has
> clearly decided not to accept the new CTs.

4) keep mapping. Use the license details displays in JOSM / Potlatch
to keep informed of license-status where you edit.

5) Clean up.  In the course of your normal editing, you'll have the
chance to clean up the object you are editing, and perhaps some
objects near by.  Very helpful.

2) from above.  I've had some success with contacting non-responders
when I include some detail of their edits.  "I see that you added the
Multiplex Theatre in Mytown, State."  Some have simply forgotten that
they actually have a connection to the OSM data.  If you have a local
connection to that area, this is also a chance to build your local OSM
meetings.  </steps down from soap box>