[OSM-talk] Bad (wrong?) OSM publicity?
Russ Nelson
nelson at crynwr.com
Tue Oct 2 14:04:29 BST 2012
Jonathan Bennett writes:
> It is not the NYT making that statement, but reporting the fact that
> someone else made it. Whatever we think of its accuracy, Mapion's
> spokesman did actually say that, so the NYT has made no factual error
> that needs correcting. At best we could expect a right to reply, which I
> believe the second article gave us.
OSM has still had its reputation sullied in a newspaper which prides
itself on its accuracy. I think it's reasonable to expect a link to
the newer, more accurate article to be placed into the older, less
accurate article. This *is* the web, and linking is encouraged.
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