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

Dirk-Lüder Kreie osm-list at deelkar.net
Tue Mar 10 17:03:57 GMT 2009


Iván Sánchez Ortega schrieb:
> El Lunes, 9 de Marzo de 2009, Russ Nelson escribió:
>> Earlier, I proposed that certain datasets should be immutable; whether
>> by policy or mechanism as needed.[...]
>>
>> How do people feel about me importing this data (with all of their 
>> metadata), adding an immutable=yes tag, with the intent of tracking
>> their dataset, and deleting --outright-- any changes made by OSM
>> editors.
> 
> I agree that an "immutable" tag is a good idea, and I'd certainly enjoy seeing 
> it implemented (two words: geodetic pillars).

Even those will not be permanent.

I propose a social solution instead of a technical one.

i.e. "please don't change, because..." instead of
"you cannot change this, period".

-- 

Dirk-Lüder "Deelkar" Kreie
Bremen - 53.0952°N 8.8652°E

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