[OSM-talk] OpenStreetBugs

[Matthias Julius]

Xav <x at nainwak.com> writes:

> There is no published API documentation because :
>   - the API is not clean
>   - I fear it's showing the big hole to spamers (if a spamer want to 
> spam OSB, he always will find the hole... but the later the better)

If someone wants to spam OSB he always can look at your JavaScript
code to find out how.  Not documenting the API gives OSB very little
protection.  It just makes it harder for legitimate users.

> Now it is well known. I'm okay to publish the sources.
>   - the server side is quite special (GoogleAppEngine/BigTable)
>   - the client side is ugly and some would want to rewrite it from the start
>   - I'm not certain it would be beneficial for the simplicity of OSB

I don't really get your last point here.  You don't have to put it in
OSM's SVN (although this would be preferred by many people here, I
guess).  You can put it on SourceForge for example and still be in
control of the code.

Matthias