Re: [talk-au] Fwd: [OSM-dev] To OSM editor authors

2011-04-11 Thread edodd
If you want to do some mapping from home, then BING imagery is usually more than adequete and is and will continue to be OSM comliant. This way your efforts will not be in vain whether you stay with OSM, or branch off to another project. I map in places where the best imagery is usually

Re: [talk-au] Fwd: [OSM-dev] To OSM editor authors

2011-04-11 Thread David Groom
- Original Message - From: John Smith deltafoxtrot...@gmail.com To: Nick Hocking nick.hock...@gmail.com Cc: talk-au@openstreetmap.org Sent: Monday, April 11, 2011 4:59 AM Subject: Re: [talk-au] Fwd: [OSM-dev] To OSM editor authors On 11 April 2011 13:45, Nick Hocking nick.hock

[talk-au] Fwd: [OSM-dev] To OSM editor authors

2011-04-11 Thread Nick Hocking
The only thing that gives me hope is that all the current data can be forked into a new project Hi Neal, I don't think you have any problem then. Contribute to FOSM or even just continue to use the OSM toolset and database. Your data will still be available to the FOSM project. For the time

Re: [talk-au] Fwd: [OSM-dev] To OSM editor authors

2011-04-10 Thread Neal Schulz
Hi, This sums up me too. After years of mapping in Australia (when I started in Tasmania the map was literally blank) the threat of data deletion is the most de-motivating thing ever. I have used nearmap so I am of the understanding I CAN'T accept the terms. I also agree that many who

[talk-au] Fwd: [OSM-dev] To OSM editor authors

2011-04-10 Thread Nick Hocking
Neal wrote This sums up me too. Hi Neal, If you do want do do some mapping then there is still a way to do it. Create a new account, accept the CT's and then If you want to do some survey mapping, just be careful not to work on areas that have been mapped or touched by OSMers who have

Re: [talk-au] Fwd: [OSM-dev] To OSM editor authors

2011-04-10 Thread John Smith
On 11 April 2011 13:45, Nick Hocking nick.hock...@gmail.com wrote: Create a new account, accept the CT's and then Has the CTs been updated to allow for this, or do they still refer to a natural person? Also that doesn't help if someone only wishes to support projects using share a like

Re: [talk-au] Fwd: [OSM-dev] To OSM editor authors ...

2011-04-07 Thread Elizabeth Dodd
On Thu, 7 Apr 2011 11:53:02 +1000 Leon Kernan lker...@gmail.com wrote: Supposedly it sends you to this flippant page if you decline the CT: http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Contributor_Terms_Declined I think the lolcat picture on that page tells us exactly what they think of

Re: [talk-au] Fwd: [OSM-dev] To OSM editor authors

2011-04-07 Thread Elizabeth Dodd
On Wed, 6 Apr 2011 04:47:39 -0700 (PDT) All Blokes speed_13...@yahoo.com.au wrote: I was very keen and learning ...had done a few edits not many but I was planning on getting right into it. I don't agree with the new licensing and have just been sitting on the side reading.

Re: [talk-au] Fwd: [OSM-dev] To OSM editor authors ...

2011-04-07 Thread John Smith
On 7 April 2011 21:07, Elizabeth Dodd ed...@billiau.net wrote: I don't see a lolcat on that page, was it on another page? Certainly the lolcat on the front page of the osm wiki makes me wonder about the IQ of the page writers Looks like Grant has removed it from the current version of the

Re: [talk-au] Fwd: [OSM-dev] To OSM editor authors ...

2011-04-07 Thread Grant Slater
On 7 April 2011 12:07, Elizabeth Dodd ed...@billiau.net wrote: I don't see a lolcat on that page, was it on another page? Certainly the lolcat on the front page of the osm wiki makes me wonder about the IQ of the page writers I removed the lolcat from the decline page + translations... It

Re: [talk-au] Fwd: [OSM-dev] To OSM editor authors

2011-04-07 Thread Michael Hampson
On 7/04/2011 9:10 PM, Elizabeth Dodd wrote: On Wed, 6 Apr 2011 04:47:39 -0700 (PDT) All Blokesspeed_13...@yahoo.com.au wrote: I was very keen and learning ...had done a few edits not many but I was planning on getting right into it. I don't agree with the new licensing and have just

Re: [talk-au] Fwd: [OSM-dev] To OSM editor authors

2011-04-07 Thread {withheld}
On 08/04/11 05:47, John Henderson wrote: On 07/04/11 21:10, Elizabeth Dodd wrote: It's sad that this is happening A vibrant aussie community has gone down the drain within the last 12 months. I have spent 3 1/2 years (nearly) adding big tracts of eastern australia to the osm map, and now

Re: [talk-au] Fwd: [OSM-dev] To OSM editor authors

2011-04-07 Thread John Henderson
On 08/04/11 06:25, {withheld} wrote: Whilst I agree / commiserate with your basic point (been there; done that; spent the fuel), don't you still have the raw traces from your device? I certainly do, and consider at no point have I ever given up my rights to them. I couldn't see any point in

Re: [talk-au] Fwd: [OSM-dev] To OSM editor authors

2011-04-07 Thread {withheld}
On 08/04/11 06:37, John Henderson wrote: On 08/04/11 06:25, {withheld} wrote: Whilst I agree / commiserate with your basic point (been there; done that; spent the fuel), don't you still have the raw traces from your device? I certainly do, and consider at no point have I ever given up my

Re: [talk-au] Fwd: [OSM-dev] To OSM editor authors

2011-04-07 Thread Elizabeth Dodd
On Fri, 08 Apr 2011 07:30:29 +1000 {withheld} pheasant.cou...@gmail.com wrote: Whilst I agree / commiserate with your basic point (been there; done that; spent the fuel), don't you still have the raw traces from your device? I certainly do, and consider at no point have I ever given up my

Re: [talk-au] Fwd: [OSM-dev] To OSM editor authors

2011-04-07 Thread John Henderson
On 08/04/11 07:30, {withheld} wrote: VNT-2: You didn't upload the traces to OSM, and thus have the capability to legitimately download them again; do you? Worth checking: http://www.openstreetmap.org/user/your-OSM-id/traces. Unfortunately no. The few traces I've uploaded have been the pure

Re: [talk-au] Fwd: [OSM-dev] To OSM editor authors

2011-04-07 Thread Ian Sergeant
On 8 April 2011 05:47, John Henderson snow...@gmx.com wrote: It wouldn't be nearly so bad if we could simply agree to the new terms for objects outside Nearmap coverage (and for future contributions), but have our contaminated work removed. Well our first priority should be to try and get an

Re: [talk-au] Fwd: [OSM-dev] To OSM editor authors ...

2011-04-07 Thread Ben Last
To be clear; we're not refusing anything - our licence has remained the same since we launched, and we haven't changed it. The new OSM CTs are incompatible with it. Regards Ben On 7 April 2011 08:14, John Smith deltafoxtrot...@gmail.com wrote: On 7 April 2011 10:06, Alex (Maxious) Sadleir

Re: [talk-au] Fwd: [OSM-dev] To OSM editor authors

2011-04-07 Thread John Smith
On 8 April 2011 07:30, {withheld} pheasant.cou...@gmail.com wrote: Very naughty thought. I wonder what the reaction would be to a simple, formal request to OSMF to re-grant you your rights to OSM data along the same alignments on the basis OSM is backing up an effective copy of your lost data?

Re: [talk-au] Fwd: [OSM-dev] To OSM editor authors

2011-04-07 Thread {withheld}
On 08/04/11 10:46, John Smith wrote: On 8 April 2011 07:30, {withheld} pheasant.cou...@gmail.com wrote: Very naughty thought. I wonder what the reaction would be to a simple, formal request to OSMF to re-grant you your rights to OSM data along the same alignments on the basis OSM is backing up

[talk-au] Fwd: [OSM-dev] To OSM editor authors ...

2011-04-06 Thread John Smith
-- Forwarded message -- From: Michael Collinson m...@ayeltd.biz Date: 6 April 2011 19:08 Subject: [OSM-dev] To OSM editor authors ... To: d...@openstreetmap.org ... the License Working Group intends implementing Phase 3 of the license change implementation plan [1]. This involves

Re: [talk-au] Fwd: [OSM-dev] To OSM editor authors ...

2011-04-06 Thread Elizabeth Dodd
On Wed, 6 Apr 2011 19:31:53 +1000 John Smith deltafoxtrot...@gmail.com didn't write: (Michael Collinson did) For clarity: - This will only affect (77,000) contributors who registered before May 2010 and who have not accepted the new terms as part of the voluntary re-licensing program.

Re: [talk-au] Fwd: [OSM-dev] To OSM editor authors ...

2011-04-06 Thread Grant Slater
On 6 April 2011 10:51, Elizabeth Dodd ed...@billiau.net wrote: On Wed, 6 Apr 2011 19:31:53 +1000 John Smith deltafoxtrot...@gmail.com didn't write: (Michael Collinson did) For clarity: - This will only affect (77,000) contributors who registered before May 2010 and who have not accepted

Re: [talk-au] Fwd: [OSM-dev] To OSM editor authors ...

2011-04-06 Thread {withheld}
On 06/04/11 19:31, John Smith wrote: -- Forwarded message -- From: Michael Collinson m...@ayeltd.biz Date: 6 April 2011 19:08 Subject: [OSM-dev] To OSM editor authors ... To: d...@openstreetmap.org ... the License Working Group intends implementing Phase 3 of the license

Re: [talk-au] Fwd: [OSM-dev] To OSM editor authors

2011-04-06 Thread All Blokes
I was very keen and learning ...had done a few edits not many but I was planning on getting right into it. I don't agree with the new licensing and have just been sitting on the side reading. I have some firm views against the new licensing and also about the methods that have

Re: [talk-au] Fwd: [OSM-dev] To OSM editor authors ...

2011-04-06 Thread Michael Hampson
So is Phase 4 the end for those that don't agree? What happens to the data if we don't agree? and the data built on top of that data? I have read what I could about the new Contributor Terms and I get the drift about the CC-BY-SA and ODbL. Just not sure about the OSMF bit. Regards, Michael

Re: [talk-au] Fwd: [OSM-dev] To OSM editor authors ...

2011-04-06 Thread James Livingston
On 06/04/2011, at 7:31 PM, John Smith wrote: ... the License Working Group intends implementing Phase 3 of the license change implementation plan [1]. This involves blocking edits with HTTP Forbidden messages until the individual contributor has Accepted/Declined the new terms by logging in

Re: [talk-au] Fwd: [OSM-dev] To OSM editor authors ...

2011-04-06 Thread Richard Weait
On Wed, Apr 6, 2011 at 8:50 AM, James Livingston li...@sunsetutopia.com wrote: Time to go read the CTs again... Hi James, That's one of the sections of v1 that has been clarified in v1.2.4. Have a look. http://www.osmfoundation.org/wiki/License/Contributor_Terms

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2011-04-06 Thread 4x4falcon
There are around 12,000 accounts which have prior to May 2010 contributed 95%+ of all the data. So how many of these 12,000 accounts have agreed to the new CT's? Cheers Ross ___ Talk-au mailing list Talk-au@openstreetmap.org

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2011-04-06 Thread 4x4falcon
There are around 12,000 accounts which have prior to May 2010 contributed 95%+ of all the data. Regards Grant Also how many of these are actual people not import accounts eg ABS2006? Cheers Ross ___ Talk-au mailing list Talk-au@openstreetmap.org

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2011-04-06 Thread Richard Weait
On Wed, Apr 6, 2011 at 10:52 AM, 4x4falcon i...@4x4falcon.com wrote: There are around 12,000 accounts which have prior to May 2010 contributed 95%+ of all the data. Regards  Grant Also how many of these are actual people not import accounts eg ABS2006? I don't know, I haven't tried to

Re: [talk-au] Fwd: [OSM-dev] To OSM editor authors

2011-04-06 Thread Kevin Sheather
] Fwd: [OSM-dev] To OSM editor authors I was very keen and learning ...had done a few edits not many but I was planning on getting right into it. I don't agree with the new licensing and have just been sitting on the side reading. I have some firm views against the new licensing

Re: [talk-au] Fwd: [OSM-dev] To OSM editor authors ...

2011-04-06 Thread David Murn
On Wed, 2011-04-06 at 22:09 +1000, Michael Hampson wrote: So is Phase 4 the end for those that don't agree? What happens to the data if we don't agree? and the data built on top of that data? Well, it depends what you read. According to the wiki, stage 4 is when OSM asks the community what

Re: [talk-au] Fwd: [OSM-dev] To OSM editor authors ...

2011-04-06 Thread Alex (Maxious) Sadleir
On Thu, Apr 7, 2011 at 9:37 AM, David Murn da...@incanberra.com.au wrote: On Wed, 2011-04-06 at 22:09 +1000, Michael Hampson wrote: So is Phase 4 the end for those that don't agree? What happens to the data if we don't agree? and the data built on top of that data? Well, it depends what you

Re: [talk-au] Fwd: [OSM-dev] To OSM editor authors ...

2011-04-06 Thread John Smith
On 7 April 2011 09:37, David Murn da...@incanberra.com.au wrote: In UK: - This will remove 65% of users - This will remove 40% of nodes, 40% of ways and 10% of relations In Europe: - This will remove 61% of users - This will remove 20% of nodes, 20% of ways and 15% of relations I wonder

Re: [talk-au] Fwd: [OSM-dev] To OSM editor authors ...

2011-04-06 Thread John Smith
On 7 April 2011 10:06, Alex (Maxious) Sadleir maxi...@gmail.com wrote: What happened to NearMap? Nearmap have refused to allow data derived from their imagery to be used without guarantee of attribution and share-a-like in a future license, or having a guarantee that such data would be removed

Re: [talk-au] Fwd: [OSM-dev] To OSM editor authors ...

2011-04-06 Thread Alex (Maxious) Sadleir
On Thu, Apr 7, 2011 at 10:14 AM, John Smith deltafoxtrot...@gmail.com wrote: On 7 April 2011 10:06, Alex (Maxious) Sadleir maxi...@gmail.com wrote: What happened to NearMap? Nearmap have refused to allow data derived from their imagery to be used without guarantee of attribution and

Re: [talk-au] Fwd: [OSM-dev] To OSM editor authors ...

2011-04-06 Thread John Smith
On 7 April 2011 10:31, Alex (Maxious) Sadleir maxi...@gmail.com wrote: Surely that's a simple procedural matter then (CT 1.2.4 already has It always has been, but as others have pointed out, control of the process has gone on largely without proper consultation and feedback to better shape what

Re: [talk-au] Fwd: [OSM-dev] To OSM editor authors

2011-04-06 Thread Ian Sergeant
On 6 April 2011 21:47, All Blokes speed_13...@yahoo.com.au wrote: I was very keen and learning ...had done a few edits not many but I was planning on getting right into it. I don't agree with the new licensing and have just been sitting on the side reading. Just out of interest, I'd

Re: [talk-au] Fwd: [OSM-dev] To OSM editor authors ...

2011-04-06 Thread Leon Kernan
Supposedly it sends you to this flippant page if you decline the CT: http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Contributor_Terms_Declined I think the lolcat picture on that page tells us exactly what they think of those of us that won't / can 't / don't want to accept their terms. Certainly

Re: [talk-au] Fwd: [OSM-dev] To OSM editor authors ...

2011-04-06 Thread Grant Slater
On 7 April 2011 00:37, David Murn da...@incanberra.com.au wrote: On Wed, 2011-04-06 at 22:09 +1000, Michael Hampson wrote: So is Phase 4 the end for those that don't agree? What happens to the data if we don't agree? and the data built on top of that data? Well, it depends what you read.  

Re: [talk-au] Fwd: [OSM-dev] To OSM editor authors ...

2011-04-06 Thread David Murn
On Thu, 2011-04-07 at 03:19 +0100, Grant Slater wrote: For clarity: (according to odbl.de) In Australia: For pete's sake! Stop making up blatantly untrue stuff. Those are likely the precentages if we moved *today* without even formally contacting/emailing anyone. I never made