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

[80n]

2011/12/21 Dirk-Lüder Kreie <osm-list at deelkar.net>:
> Am 13.12.2011 23:24, schrieb 80n:
>> On Tue, Dec 13, 2011 at 9:34 PM, Frederik Ramm <frederik at remote.org
>> <mailto:frederik at remote.org>> wrote:
>>
>>
>>>     It is important to note that the OSM Inspector view is not the final
>>>     word - not even an "official word" - on the question of what gets
>>>     deleted. It is just my interpretation of the current situation.
>>
>> Frederik, If the OSM Inspector view is just your own interpretation of
>> the current situation then this is surely problematic.
>>
>> Contributors may be reassured by OSM Inspector that a path is safe and
>> that it can be edited.  It may then later get deleted.  Who gets to make
>> the official decision about what is safe and what is not?  And when does
>> that decision get made?
>
> OK, I'll bite.
>
> I would trust Frederik that if any official decision is made the view
> will reflect that. Frederik has updated the rules for the Inspector from
> time to time, and I have no reason to believe he will not keep the
> ruleset current as the legal situation on corner cases becomes clearer.
>
I have no doubt about Frederik's integrity in this matter, but that
wasn't the question.

The questions were:
Who gets to make those decisions?
When do those decisions get made?

Until those questions are answered the information presented by OSM
Inspector may be counter-productive.  Misguiding users with both false
positives and false negatives.