[OSM-talk] Re: privacy policy

[Barnett, Phillip]

Martyn has a point. 

The legalities of copyright are not apparent to a casual user, hence the
FAQ. It's been suggested that a casual browser might want to quickly add
a streetname, or several, without taking the time to create an account.
It's very likely, in that case, that he/she won't have taken the time to
read/notice that he can't just copy names out of Google Maps, or
whatever, in a misguided attempt to be 'helpful' - which then breaks
copyright. 

Secondly, OSM is difficult. I'nm trying to tidy up
Bloomsbury/Clerkenwell area of Central London, and am finding it heavy
going. There's a lot of unnamed streets, (all of them are, basically)
and no obvious points of reference, and not every street is mapped. I
can see a user picking the wrong street to name (off by one, perhaps,
and then naming the next half dozen streets adjacent to it from memory,
and making further errors because the fourth street along the road has
been missed off the map.

OSM mapping is difficult - I suggest we should be raising the bar to
participate, rather than lowering it, at least in the early stages. 
Eventually, when 98% of the map is complete, it would be nice to get the
last few streets cleared up by the public, but when the base map is so
shaky, I don't think we should let someone who's attention span doesn't
even let them create an account potentially corrupt the data. It's not
Wikipedia.

-----Original Message-----
From: talk-bounces at openstreetmap.org
[mailto:talk-bounces at openstreetmap.org] On Behalf Of Martyn Welch
Sent: 27 July 2006 23:04
To: talk at openstreetmap.org
Subject: Re: [OSM-talk] Re: privacy policy

On Thursday 27 July 2006 19:41, you wrote:
> Martyn Welch <martyn at welchs.me.uk> writes:
> > I disagree. It was no more hassle than signing up to any BBS or 
> > mailing list!
>
> Don't you have to click on a link that you get in an email?  Most 
> people now use white listing so you get a delay maybe up to an hour 
> between your registring and when you can edit.  If I was going to do 
> just some edits that delay would probably be a reason not to do it.

Right, so by allowing the most fickle minded people to contribute,
otherwise prolific and loyal contributors are left firefighting the
vandalism and clueless who drag stuff around and delete bits, which has
just been made 100 times easier since they can just load a web-page?

Martyn

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