[OSM-talk] moderation going forward

[Simon Ward]

On Fri, Aug 20, 2010 at 12:36:18PM +0200, Chris Browet wrote:
> Is this moderating stuff all about the license change?

No, that’s just the current example.

> If so, and I know others agree, it should certainly NOT be moderated on
> Talk.

I disagree.  (Although, seeing as there is call for an unmoderated talk,
then maybe we should have a moderated talk list _and_ an unmoderated
talk list and let the community decide which they want to join.)

> As I already said, my opinion is that this license stuff has moved from a
> legal issue to a matter of the future of OSM as we know it...
> As such, contributors should be able to voice their opinion to the broadest
> audience.
> 
> Do you honestly think the Nearmap announcement should have been posted to
> Legal, with only a fraction of OSM'ers aware? I don't think so.

What’s wrong with bringing up the issue on legal-talk, and then posting
a pointer to talk saying something like “This issue is being discussed
on legal-talk, please follow the discussion there.”?  (Trouble is, if
everyone does that because they think their issue is super important and
everyone else should know about it we still get much of legal-talk on
talk.)

Somebody suggested digested summaries of discussions on the lists.  I
think this is a good idea, but it needs people dedicated to it.  I think
kerneltrap (Linux Kernel Mailing List summaries) is still going, but
others such as Kernel Traffic (also LKML) and Debian Weekly News (also
from sources other than mailing lists, but did cover prevalent mailing
list topics) fizzled out due to lack of people willing to update them.

If people truly want to get their issues known to wider audiences, then
maybe they should consider supporting such an effort.

Simon
-- 
A complex system that works is invariably found to have evolved from a
simple system that works.—John Gall
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