Re: [OSM-talk] Join the OSMF ! + PD / CC0 projects

2011-06-12 Thread Nic Roets
On Sun, Jun 12, 2011 at 12:37 AM, Brendan Morley morb@beagle.com.au wrote: On 11/06/2011 10:02 AM, Nic Roets wrote: Not at all - I know of no form of democracy that distinguishes between grudging acceptance or evangelical zeal. Dermot, I would quite like to take my data and start my

Re: [OSM-talk] Join the OSMF ! + PD / CC0 projects

2011-06-12 Thread Mike Dupont
On Sun, Jun 12, 2011 at 11:29 AM, Nic Roets nro...@gmail.com wrote: I'm much more worried about the effects of a fork. If we spend time updating a number of forks, it will detract from time that we could have spent mapping. It's much better if we a democratic process and settle the license

Re: [OSM-talk] Join the OSMF ! + PD / CC0 projects

2011-06-12 Thread John Smith
On 12 June 2011 19:29, Nic Roets nro...@gmail.com wrote: I'm much more worried about the effects of a fork. If we spend time updating a number of forks, it will detract from time that we could have spent mapping. I was in that frame of thinking 3-6 months ago, but unless something radical

Re: [OSM-talk] Join the OSMF ! + PD / CC0 projects

2011-06-12 Thread Nic Roets
On Sun, Jun 12, 2011 at 11:42 AM, Mike Dupont jamesmikedup...@googlemail.com wrote: The code is the law, http://www.lessig.org/content/standard/0,1902,4165,00.html and we need to change the code so that these discussions about licensing and all that are less important. If it was easy,

Re: [OSM-talk] Join the OSMF ! + PD / CC0 projects

2011-06-12 Thread Mike Dupont
I am not saying it is easy. But if you keep most imports as thier own layers and only merge when trusted, look at how git manages many branches, you pull only from trusted branches. In my module TIGER would be its own layer that would not be merged at all, it would be kept separate. You would

Re: [OSM-talk] Join the OSMF ! + PD / CC0 projects

2011-06-11 Thread Brendan Morley
On 11/06/2011 10:02 AM, Nic Roets wrote: Not at all - I know of no form of democracy that distinguishes between grudging acceptance or evangelical zeal. Dermot, I would quite like to take my data and start my own PD / CC0 project. Nic, Before you go doing that, please consider the