[OSM-talk] Announce: Beginning of Phase 4 of license change process

[Richard Weait]

On Wed, Jun 15, 2011 at 11:25 AM, Chris Jones <rollercow at sucs.org> wrote:
> On 15/06/11 14:41, Richard Weait wrote:
>> On Wed, Jun 15, 2011 at 9:27 AM, Chris Jones <rollercow at sucs.org> wrote:
>>> It seems a bit backward to block my new contributions just because
>>> nobody got around to talking to the OS folks yet...
>> There have been several attempts to engage with OS, if I remember
>> correctly, both by LWG and by individual mappers.  They've been
>> resistant.
>>
>> Sorry to appear to be picking on you, Chris, I know you aren't the
>> only one.  What seems backward to me is deciding to use a previously
>> and famously "verboten" source for your edits without being perfectly
>> clear that those edits are now permitted.
>
> A fair point, however at the time it was clear... since then the new CTs
> have complicated things.
>
> A relativity small number of my edits made use of OS Open data so it
> wouldn't be too much effort for me to replace any effected objects from
> survey or bing imagery but im loathed to do so until someone (the LWG?)
> can tell me one way or the other.

Perhaps additional contacts from the community can inspire OS to respond?