[OSM-talk] OSMF: The people you are going to hand over your OSM data ...

Grant Slater openstreetmap at firefishy.com
Sun Dec 6 01:51:21 GMT 2009


2009/12/6 Matthew Luehrmann <matthew.luehrmann at gmail.com>:
> Who controls OSM?  I really am not sure.  My current understanding is that OSMF controls OSM, but calls it "supporting": "The OpenStreetMap Foundation is an international non-profit organisation supporting but not controlling the project."
>
> Maybe a better question that will get a less ambiguous answer, and really shows who is in control of OSM, is: Who owns the www.openstreetmap.org domain name.
>

Steve Coast registered it when he started the project. Some in the OSM
community didn't like him having it only in his own name so Steve
handed the domain to the democratically elected OSMF.

Should everyone be giving the login to GoDaddy and a set of the server
room keys?

/ Grant




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