[OSM-talk] [OSM-legal-talk] In what direction should OSM go?

[Peter Körner]

Am 29.09.2010 12:26, schrieb Nic Roets:
> On Wed, Sep 29, 2010 at 11:57 AM, Peter Körner<osm-lists at mazdermind.de>  wrote:
>> Imported data is dead data - there's no one that feels responsible for it.
>> Imports can kill community and give "newcomers" the feeling that there's
>> nothing more to be done. Imports *can* help osm but they can also *hurt*
>> osm, because osm is about people, not data.
>
> Obviously there are many exceptions to your rule, like the TIGER import.

It's just my personal opinion. I live in an area without satellite 
images and imports and everything that's in osm is surveyed, do I didn't 
have any personal contact to the phenomenon of dead imported data, it 
just seems plausible to me.

Peter