Re: [talk-au] Anything remapping an armchair mapper can help with in Australia?

2012-06-27 Thread Mike Dupont
+1 On Wed, Jun 27, 2012 at 10:34 PM, Sam Couter s...@couter.id.au wrote: OSM HAS MADE THE CHOICE TO EXCLUDE MY CONTRIBUTIONS. -- James Michael DuPont Member of Free Libre Open Source Software Kosova http://flossk.org Contributor FOSM, the CC-BY-SA map of the world http://fosm.org Mozilla Rep

Re: [talk-au] Going separate ways

2011-07-10 Thread Mike Dupont
[SNIP] Flames [/SNIP] Hi, Sorry to get involved in this discussion. But it has been filling up my inbox again. Besides all the flames and smoke, what are the real issues here? I think that we dont need to continue this endless discussion. Lets just stop the fighting and do something more

Re: [talk-au] Active Australian OSM contributors in light of CT/license changes

2011-07-09 Thread Mike Dupont
Sorry for the way he is treating you Liz. Liz is like the grandma of osm. She has been a tireless supporter, She spent months helping in OSM kosovo and flossk. She dontated laptops, gps devices and lots of love. I dont know if you follow that at all steve, but I am shocked how you are speaking to

Re: [talk-au] Active Australian OSM contributors in light of CT/license changes

2011-07-07 Thread Mike Dupont
, at 20:47, Mike Dupont jamesmikedup...@googlemail.com wrote: On Wed, Jul 6, 2011 at 2:35 PM, Chris Barham cbar...@pobox.com cbar...@pobox.com wrote: Personally I don't care about the licence. I feel that the forks and this resulting dilution of effort will become a drain on all the projects

Re: [talk-au] Reassurance and Licensing

2011-05-01 Thread Mike Dupont
On Wed, Apr 27, 2011 at 1:55 PM, Andrew Harvey andrew.harv...@gmail.comwrote: On Wed, Apr 27, 2011 at 12:17 AM, Grant Slater openstreet...@firefishy.com wrote: The LWG is well aware of the NearMap licensing issue and we are trying to get it resolved as soon as we can but we are an all

Re: [talk-au] Bing

2011-05-01 Thread Mike Dupont
On Sun, May 1, 2011 at 2:11 PM, Ian Callahan igcalla...@gmail.com wrote: I would caution against any use of Bing and any relationship with Microsoft. Microsoft has a long history of shafting its partners, and of using devious means to acquire rights and control over other peoples IP. IBM

Re: [talk-au] Tragedy of the commons...

2011-04-25 Thread Mike Dupont
On Sun, Apr 24, 2011 at 2:18 PM, Alex (Maxious) Sadleir maxi...@gmail.comwrote: fosm.org looks pretty good with potlatch2. Just need a tile server or to setup my own again - how does one get a big fat planet.osm? I think you can use toolserver from wikipedia or even the *hypercube*.

Re: [talk-au] Tragedy of the commons...

2011-04-25 Thread Mike Dupont
On Sun, Apr 24, 2011 at 2:48 PM, Richard Weait rich...@weait.com wrote: On Sun, Apr 24, 2011 at 8:27 AM, John Smith deltafoxtrot...@gmail.com wrote: On 24 April 2011 22:18, Alex (Maxious) Sadleir maxi...@gmail.com wrote: As was said on talk, it seems pretty absurd to be moving an open

Re: [talk-au] Looks like Nearmap is gone from JOSM slippymap plugin

2010-11-29 Thread Mike Dupont
Sorry If I am stupid here, but is it not possible to use CC-BY data for tracing to create new CC-BY-SA data, just not the other way around? According to the compatibility chart, http://learn.creativecommons.org/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/cclearn-explanations-cc-license-compatability.pdf By can be

Re: [talk-au] Fwd: license change map

2010-11-28 Thread Mike Dupont
On Sun, Nov 28, 2010 at 2:46 AM, Anthony o...@inbox.org wrote: On Sat, Nov 27, 2010 at 6:12 PM, Richard Fairhurst rich...@systemed.net wrote: Steve Bennett wrote: Elizabeth Dodd ed...@billiau.net wrote: 1. OSMF needs a written out strategic plan. Hear, hear. The equivalent of Patches

Re: [talk-au] Fwd: license change map

2010-11-28 Thread Mike Dupont
On Sun, Nov 28, 2010 at 11:15 AM, Steve Bennett stevag...@gmail.com wrote: On Sun, Nov 28, 2010 at 8:29 PM, Mike  Dupont jamesmikedup...@googlemail.com wrote: Yeah, I dont pay in money, I pay in code and data. Does that count? Also I payed in trips all over to collect data, dinners with people

Re: [talk-au] Fwd: license change map

2010-11-28 Thread Mike Dupont
On Sun, Nov 28, 2010 at 11:40 PM, Neal Schulz neal.sch...@internode.on.net wrote: Hi, In any case, candidates welcome was a ridiculous comment. I agree with this... If the only way to give feedback to an organisation is to run for a position... well it's a ridiculous notion. I have been

Re: [talk-au] Fwd: license change map

2010-11-27 Thread Mike Dupont
On Sat, Nov 27, 2010 at 10:42 AM, Elizabeth Dodd ed...@billiau.net wrote: Following these principles would put an end to a large amount of bickering. I wouldn't read emails which can be summarised as just a little bit longer, and it will be all right. Reference could be made I totally agree

Re: [talk-au] Looks like Nearmap is gone from JOSM slippymap plugin

2010-11-26 Thread Mike Dupont
That is funny, I hope we don't get into a forking of josm as well. OMG. The osm trac is taking forever to load, how lame. Luckily we are using github, which has real performance : https://github.com/openstreetmap/josm-plugins/commit/7402a2349583a250db930b8ac41b5ffa9885acc0#commitcomment-203309

Re: [talk-au] Looks like Nearmap is gone from JOSM slippymap plugin

2010-11-26 Thread Mike Dupont
...@firefishy.com wrote: On 26 November 2010 10:32, Mike  Dupont jamesmikedup...@googlemail.com wrote: That is funny, I hope we don't get into a forking of josm as well. OMG. The osm trac is taking forever to load, how lame. Luckily we are using github, which has real performance : https

Re: [talk-au] Looks like Nearmap is gone from JOSM slippymap plugin

2010-11-26 Thread Mike Dupont
I find that it scares me that OSM tools are being locked down. One we have flash tools that need a non free runtime, and developers who dont give a damn, then we have this silverlight drama about to unfold. The tools should not be dependant on one license or server or one point of view. We need