[OSM-talk] Maintaining privacy as a casual mapper

Simon Poole simon at poole.ch
Mon Nov 4 12:11:25 UTC 2019


Am 04.11.2019 um 12:57 schrieb Martin Koppenhoefer:
> Am Mo., 4. Nov. 2019 um 12:20 Uhr schrieb Simon Poole <simon at poole.ch
> <mailto:simon at poole.ch>>:
>
>     https://wiki.osmfoundation.org/wiki/Terms_of_Use#II._Privacy requires
>     you to keep your contact information (which is currently your e-mail
>     address) current. This is not really new as it was implied by
>     doing away
>     with anonymous edits in 2007.
>
>
>
> actually only signups as anonymous users were abolished in 2007, who
> already had such an account could use it for a significant time after
> that date (IIRR until 2012 license change).

According to
https://github.com/openstreetmap/openstreetmap-website/commit/4eafa04ff8059f475ebfbec2cedeeee1773a9c8b
anonymous editing definitely went away in 2009.

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