[OSM-talk] Editing of content that will be deleted on April 1st

[Frederik Ramm]

Hi,

On 12/13/2011 11:41 PM, Richard Fairhurst wrote:
> No. I am badgering you to say what you will do, or explain why you will not
> say.

Personally I feel that it is unfortunate that we're allowing people to 
remain "undecided" for so long. Had 80n properly disagreed when he was 
first asked, his edits could long have been re-created by now. By 
holding out, he's in the position of being able to discount anyone 
touching his edits as a vandal, or someone making unnecessary work for 
themselves, as acting prematurely, or whatever, all the while hinting at 
"maybe I'll still agree, I haven't said it you know".

I, for one, have politely notified the major "undecided" contributors in 
my area that I will count their "undecided" as a "no" and start 
remapping their stuff in January, and frankly I would appreciate 
OSMF/LWG to set a date well before the planned license changeover and 
clearly say: If you haven't decided until then, that's a no.

Because we gain nothing from major contributors holding out until the 
very last day and then, smilingly, tell us "you know what, I've decided 
to disagree after all". That's four winter months wasted when they could 
have been perfectly well used for averting damage.

Bye
Frederik

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