[Talk-us] [OSM-talk] Splitting a way may completely hide a taint

[John F. Eldredge]

Nathan Edgars II <neroute2 at gmail.com> wrote:

> On 12/21/2011 8:01 PM, Frederik Ramm wrote:
> > Sounds like a policy decision to me - you can either be too cautious
> or
> > too careful but probably never do it exactly right.
> And we really need to know how the OSMF is treating these common cases
> 
> before we start the process of minimizing damage.
> 
>  > Policies should be discussed on legal-talk.
> Why? They have nothing to do with legal considerations.
> 

Legal cosiderations may be part of why a policy is chosen, although there may well be other considerations as well.
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John F. Eldredge --  john at jfeldredge.com
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