[OSM-talk] who do we trust for photos?

[Jo]

The main problem with Commons (at least for the pictures I took while
mapping) is that there is no guarantee your pictures will be kept. For the
good ones, there is no problem. For the 1000th picture of a bus stop and
its surroundings, they will be nominated and removed.

Personally I would go with Mapillary, they even have a tool to contribute
the better ones to Wikipedia. It's practical, but then they get a small
Mapillary icon. At least they will get a free license attached. If you post
them on Fickr, they're already lost for the community.

Polyglot



2016-02-14 2:10 GMT+01:00 Eugene Alvin Villar <seav80 at gmail.com>:

> On Sun, Feb 14, 2016 at 5:24 AM, Russ Nelson <nelson at crynwr.com> wrote:
>
>> The trouble with any non-profit service is that if they cease to get
>> donations, they will be shut down.
>>
>
> This observation also applies to the OSM database as hosted by the OSMF.
> But we all still contribute to OSM anyway because we trust that OSMF or
> another entity will be able to continue hosting the database. This is
> possible because of the license.
>
> I would suggest to upload your photos to Wikimedia Commons (of course with
> an open/free license—Wikimedia Commons won't host it otherwise). You can
> also provide a back-up on Flickr which also allows tagging photos under a
> CC license.
>
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