[OSM-talk] OpenStreetMap License Change Phase 3 begins Sunday

Grant Slater openstreetmap at firefishy.com
Fri Apr 15 08:55:57 BST 2011


On 15 April 2011 00:38, john whelan <jwhelan0112 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>If data is "tainted" in a way that makes in incompatible with the currently
>> used license then it will have to be removed in order not to put the project
>> at risk (e.g. data copied from proprietary sources). This is independent of
>> the license change.
>
> I assume that the currently used license means to the ODBL license now in
> use by contributors.  If  so how and to whom do I serve notice that even
> though I clicked on the accept button I'm not comfortable that all my edits
> before March 2011 contain only data is that is completely untainted so
> rather than put the OSM project at risk could they be removed.  I'm happy to
> get out my GPS and notepad and ensure anything I add from today forward will
> meet the new criteria.
>

Hi John,

What is your OSM account name? Where did the imported data come from:
government source, printed map, something else?

Regards
 Grant



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