[OSM-talk] Hypothetical question about objects that will not be relicensed

[80n]

On Fri, Aug 13, 2010 at 10:48 PM, Nathan Edgars II <neroute2 at gmail.com>wrote:

> (posted here rather than on legal-talk because it's at its core a
> question about editing standards)
> Let's say I'm mapping an area and I notice an existing way that I know
> will not survive the relicensing process. (Part of the hypothetical
> situation is that one can be sure about this.) Were I to add tags to
> it, my work would be lost once we switch to ODBL. So would I be wrong
> to delete it and replace it with a new way, even if the new one is not
> as good as the old "tainted" one?
>
> (Trying to avoid straying into legal territory) it really depends on the
source of the new way that replaces the old one.

If you derive it from imagery or GPS tracks then you are fine.  If you
derive it from the location of the previously existing way, or from the gap
left by the deletion of that way, then you need to comply with the license
terms attached to that way.

>From an editing standards point of view it would be pretty bad karma to go
through all of someone's work deleting it and re-adding it with now nodes
and ways.  The history of the contributions up to that point would be lost
(well disconnected actually) which could be construed as deliberate
vandalism.
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