[OSM-talk] License plan

[Kevin Peat]

I can't see how any plan that involves deleting non-trivial amounts of 
data is ever going to work anyway as who is going to stop people from 
re-uploading the data with minor changes to tags and all the nodes moved 
by a metre or two?

Kevin




Ed Loach wrote:
> I wrote:
> 
>> As I think someone else pointed out, if it is abusable then we
>> could abuse it and not lose any data with the switch.
> 
> And before the flood of emails - I forgot the smiley. 
> 
> I'm sure I read somewhere lots of suggestions about what would
> happen to various items based on whether the people who created
> it/amended it agreed to the new licence or not, but can't find
> where. Was it in the wiki or on an email list? Can anyone remember. 
> 
> Anyway, I don't understand all these legal aspects. I joined the
> project to help improve the map and will continue to do so whether
> the licence changes or not, hoping that those people who do know
> what they are talking about are acting in the best interest of the
> project. 
> 
> Ed
> 
> 
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