[OSM-talk] Copy-and-paste remapping
colliar
colliar4ever at aol.com
Mon May 28 23:37:39 BST 2012
On 28/05/12 23:17, Frederik Ramm wrote:
> Hi,
>
> we've had a few cases of "copy-and-paste remapping" reported to DWG,
> where in a bid to "save" data from the relicensing axe over-eager
> mappers copied and pasted existing data, thereby making the data look as
> if it was originally contributed by them.
>
> This is, obviously, not ok and rather than "save" anything, such actions
> stop others from properly remapping the area (because it all looks
> clean), and comes back to haunt us later, tarnishinig OSM's reputation.
> Later removal of such data will have a knock-on effect of all that has
> been built on top. Don't do it.
>
> Where cases of copy-and-paste remapping are detected, the changesets in
> question can be added to the list on this wiki page
>
> http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Quick_History_Service/Changeset_Lists#Copy_-_Paste_Remapping
>
>
> and will then be treated during the relicensing process as "tainted",
> i.e. the data created in these changesets will not be kept.
>
Is it useful to revert these changes ?
Did not get any news about the process the last weeks.
cu
colliar
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