[OSM-talk] immutable=yes Fwd: DEC Lands

[Chris Hill]

Russ Nelson wrote:
>
> *I* see OSM as an API for all possible geodata: everything that  
> doesn't move, and a few things that do.  There are arguably many  
> things currently in OSM which should not be edited.  For example,  
> political boundaries at every level.
>
>   
Hmmm, political boundaries change from time to time, parish, city and 
county boundaries are changed over time, even countries come and go.  
OSM is a wiki - *nothing* on this planet is immutable.  The coastline 
near me is being eaten away by metres every year. 

The only automatic process I would like to see is the removal of 
immutable=yes ;-)

Cheers, Chris