[OSM-talk] Re: privacy policy

[Andy Robinson]

Barnett, Phillip wrote:
>Sent: 27 July 2006 17:17
>To: Erik Johansson; Martyn Welch
>Cc: talk at openstreetmap.org
>Subject: RE: [OSM-talk] Re: privacy policy
>
>1) Anybody who's committed enough to collect GPS tracks, extract them
>from his/her GPS device, upload them to OSM server, download an area and
>edit it, and then upload the changes, surely isn't going to find logging
>in a huge inconvenience.

No for these users I don't think it's an issue to login. I think what others
are interested in is making the process for less dedicated users much
simpler and the need to login is a barrier to fully opening up and achieving
simplicity for users. In the future users may not be focused upon map
creation but on what extra things can be done using the map data as a basis.

Andy

>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: talk-bounces at openstreetmap.org
>[mailto:talk-bounces at openstreetmap.org] On Behalf Of Erik Johansson
>Sent: 27 July 2006 16:17
>To: Martyn Welch
>Cc: talk at openstreetmap.org
>Subject: Re: [OSM-talk] Re: privacy policy
>
>On 7/27/06, Martyn Welch <martyn at welchs.me.uk> wrote:
>> On Thursday 27 July 2006 13:11, Immanuel Scholz wrote:
>> > Other than wikipedia, OSM does not allow the edit without a login
>> > (anonymous).
>> >
>> > I like to have the possibility to edit data without to have to
>> > create an account first. I don't care whether the IP address is used
>
>> > in this case (as wikipedia does) or not.
>>
>> I *really* don't think that this is a good idea and am supprised that
>> it works so well for wikipedia.
>
>Well this is the point is it does work for Wikipedia, and your problems
>can be used against OSM even with the current model with email accounts.
>If they were used in that way, FUD would be it's name.
>
>
>> Can you provide more reasons as to why anonymous write access would be
>good?
>
>1. easy for user
>2. easy for dev (e.g. 3rd party web interfaces) 3. same level of
>security, with less hassel.
>
>_______________________________________________
>talk mailing list
>talk at openstreetmap.org
>http://lists.openstreetmap.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/talk
>Please Note:
>
>
>
>Any views or opinions are solely those of the author and do not necessarily
>represent
>those of Independent Television News Limited unless specifically stated.
>This email and any files attached are confidential and intended solely for
>the use of the individual
>or entity to which they are addressed.
>If you have received this email in error, please notify
>postmaster at itn.co.uk
>
>Please note that to ensure regulatory compliance and for the protection of
>our clients and business,
>we may monitor and read messages sent to and from our systems.
>
>Thank You.
>
>
>_______________________________________________
>talk mailing list
>talk at openstreetmap.org
>http://lists.openstreetmap.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/talk