On 07.07.2011 23:16, Frederik Ramm wrote:
* All versions of an element are clean, so the whole element is
considered clean (green).
I think that "clean" elements should not be marked at all. Clean is the
default; no action is required on a clean element.
Yes, in some areas this is already the default. You are right, no special coloring needed.

* All versions from declined users, element is red.
Declined or undecided.
For the undecided there is still hope. About 100 user agree each day.
http://ni.kwsn.net/~toby/OSM/license_count.html

Could it be configurable how to treat undecided? A checkbox or expert setting to control "treat undecided as declined"?

Well: If v1 of an object is done by someone who has agreed to ODbL, then
it is absoultely sure that *something* of this object will remain. If v1
of an object is done by someone who has not agreed, then it is *not*
sure that something will remain. Don't you think that it makes sense to
distinguish these cases?
I'm not that sure something remains or should remain. In case v2 is a deletion, should that be restored? If v1 was completely wrong and v2 fixed it, do we really want some outdated version back? Is this really better? I personally know mappers who prefer to remap a "landsat road" based on GPS tracks or aerials by completely drawing new nodes instead of moving hundreds of misplaced nodes. It sounds easier to start from scratch in these areas (I'm referring to roads in a country in southeast-asia. Could be different in downtown Berlin).

So the decision of OSMF could be to delete unsafe data completely from the ODbL and to provide some sort of overlay for manually restoring dual-licensed data that is mixed with non-compatible data.

That's why I would not distinguish these cases. Say there is data loss. Mappers might want to replace the affected data by clearly safe data.

Stephan

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