[OSM-talk] [OSM-legal-talk] License Change View on OSM Inspector

[Nathan Edgars II]

On 12/13/2011 2:30 PM, Frederik Ramm wrote:
> Hi,
>
> On 12/13/2011 08:02 PM, Nathan Edgars II wrote:
>> Presumably nothing will happen, since there is no easy way of
>> identifying these. So this is an easy loophole - if you see any red
>> nodes that represent points of interest, replace them with building
>> polygons and copy the tags.
>
> Anyone who is caught doing that will be told to stop,
>
>> (In fact I just did this the other day
>> (though I have no idea if the node was red) before realizing this might
>> cause problems, and I will continue to do it after thinking about it and
>> realizing that it's been common practice for quite some time.)
>
> Anyone who is caught doing that *against better knowledge* will quite
> possibly get his account blocked and/or cause a wholesale revert of his
> recent edits.
>
> I have absolutely zero patience with people trying to subvert the
> license change process, and especially those who deliberately
> misconstrue the intent of the process in the way you seem to be proud of
> doing. I will personally block your account if I should become aware of
> any edits of the kind you're sketching above.

I have done many edits of this sort over the years. It has been standard 
practice for a long time. Any tainting has already happened.