[OSM-talk] Import guidelines proposal update

[Richard Fairhurst]

Martin Koppenhoefer wrote:
> I believe that dedicated accounts are generally better for 
> imports than using "mixed" ones which are also used for 
> original data. This really helps a lot in sorting data 
> according to its intellectual properties holders.

Yes, absolutely.

The really obvious example of this is the Polish UMP data, which was
licensed CC-BY-SA and could not be kept post-licence change. If dedicated
accounts had been used, removing this data would have been relatively easy;
in reality, it has been (and continues to be) a nightmare. :(

So although I understand the motivation behind sly's suggestion that "In the
case of regionaly limited imports (inside a country), it is highly
recommanded to get in touch with the local community to discuss your planned
import and ask them if you should, shouldn't or must use a dedicated
account", this approach has proved problematic in the past and I would
caution against repeating the same mistake.

cheers
Richard





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