[OSM-talk] Import guidelines & OSMF/DWG governance

[Pieren]

On Tue, Sep 18, 2012 at 2:52 PM, Jonathan Bennett
<openstreetmap at jonno.cix.co.uk> wrote:
> On 18/09/2012 13:42, Vincent Privat wrote:

> OK, if we're playing WikiLawyer pissing games, the statement about DWG's
> power says "authorised", not "limited to". Part of DWG's remit is to
> deal with disputes, and this is very clearly a dispute over data. Ergo...

The DWG is mandated by the foundation ([1]), no ? And here ([2]), it
says "The OpenStreetMap Foundation is an international not-for-profit
organization supporting, but not controlling, the OpenStreetMap
Project."
The dispute is not between contributors but between the French
community and the DWG...

Pieren

[1] http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Data_working_group
"The Data Working Group (data at osmfoundation.org) is authorised by the
Foundation to deal with accusations of copyright infringement and
serious Disputes and Vandalism. Minor incidents of vandalism should be
dealt with by the local community using counter-vandalism tools and
processes. "
[2] http://www.osmfoundation.org/wiki/Main_Page