[OSM-talk] New site about the license change

[john whelan]

I'd like to be reassured that any effort I put into mapping will be useful,
ie we'll have a useful map at the end, not a blank page with two footpaths
on it.  Have a look around Turkey Street Station in Enfield sometime in
North London where I understand Steve C has done a lot of mapping and you
are literally reduced to a couple of footpaths.

I really hate being told what to do and I think a good many others do to.
As far as I am aware mappers do not report to a CEO who has the power to
sack them thus losing their source of income.  I think we have to engage
with mappers and better explain what the advantages are of the changes and
what the plan is to move forward so there is a usable map available at all
times.  We need to get them on side not berate them.

Cheerio John

On 13 November 2010 13:58, Serge Wroclawski <emacsen at gmail.com> wrote:

> I know we're not supposed to talk about the license change on this
> list, but with all the discussion over the last few days about the new
> license change map, I wanted to put together a website about the OSM
> contributor terms and the ongoing issues with people who want to fork
> OSM, either to make a "public domain" map, or fork it to another
> CC-BY-SA map.
>
> My thoughts in more depth are on
>
> http://www.openlicensemap.org
>
> - Serge
>
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