[OSM-talk] mass mailing osm mappers

[Robin Paulson]

i'm interested in the following from a technical and social
perspective: as part of the LINZ import, some members of osm in NZ are
about to add a lot of data to NZ. we've already had a number of
mappers contact us concerned we are about to write over their data
(which incidentally, won't happen)

we would like to make as many NZ mappers aware of the import as
possible, firstly to reduce these concerns, and to stop the potential
outfux of NZ mappers who see themselves being replaced by bots and
scripts. also, it would of course be beneficial to include more people
in what we are doing

are there any issues with mass contacting either (a) everyone who has
set their location as in NZ, or (b) everyone who has made an edit
within NZ? is there an AUP for osm which forbids this?

and if not, is it possible to do this programmatically either through
the wiki mail or the osm mailer?

cheers