It looks like we are going to need tools to look for checking "relicensed" nodes here. Do we have have CPU for that? I need hosting. thanks, mike
On Wed, Nov 16, 2011 at 9:21 PM, Richard Fairhurst <rich...@systemed.net> wrote: > Gert Gremmen wrote: >> Using this O-trick violates the copyright of the previous >> owner, just as copying from google would violate their >> terms of service. > > As they have been for at least three years now, Gert, your opinions about > Potlatch are 100% venting and 0% actual knowledge > (http://lists.openstreetmap.org/pipermail/talk/2008-December/032278.html, > http://lists.openstreetmap.org/pipermail/talk/2009-January/032977.html, > etc.) > > If you actually _used_ the software - which you've never shown any sign of > doing and which I don't expect you to do any time soon - you would see that > this is simply removing a finger movement from "delete selected node, insert > node at mouse position". The action is exactly the same, yet I don't hear > you clamouring for the "insert node" function to be removed. > > It is a simple convenience for the mapper. As you would know if you actually > used it, the node placement is entirely at the discretion of the mapper; > Potlatch does not automatically place a node at the previous position or > indeed anywhere. Just as with any other OSM editing, the mapper will usually > be working from a background layer, such as Bing or a GPS track, and their > placement will usually be based on this. And again, if you actually used the > software, you would also find that Potlatch makes it very easy to add the > source tag to a node or way during your edit, again with one single > keypress. > > But why let the facts get in the way of a good rant, hey? > > Richard > > > > -- > View this message in context: > http://gis.638310.n2.nabble.com/OSM-legal-talk-OSM-Database-Re-Build-tp6997302p7001734.html > Sent from the Legal Talk mailing list archive at Nabble.com. > > _______________________________________________ > legal-talk mailing list > legal-talk@openstreetmap.org > http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/legal-talk > -- James Michael DuPont Member of Free Libre Open Source Software Kosova http://flossk.org _______________________________________________ legal-talk mailing list legal-talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/legal-talk
