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

[Peter Körner]

Am 29.09.2010 13:47, schrieb Andrew Harvey:
> I feel some clarification on what is meant by "import" is needed. For
> example recently I've been "importing" names of bays from public
> domain maps. I call adding this data from the PD maps to OSM importing
> because the data was created somewhere else first, even though I'm
> adding it on a case-by-case basis. So when other people here say
> "importing" do you mean just mass automated imports, or this kind of
> importing as well?

I think this discussion is about
  - automated
  - big
imports.

Importing 5 Streets from somewhere(tm) does not hurt, even importing 50 
POIs won't hurt - even - adding address information to 200 existing POIs 
wont. It's not only about the number of changes but also if the import 
adds data to existing objects or creates them from scratch.

I think this is something we should evaluate on a by-case basis.

Peter