On 18 April 2011 16:59, Richard Fairhurst <[email protected]> wrote: > Robert Whittaker wrote: >> I've just declined the new OSM Contributor Terms (CTs), because >> I've previously made edits based on OS OpenData > > In which case, I would appreciate it that if you carry out any future > non-OS-derived edits, you do so from another account with assent to the > Contributor Terms. > > As an Oxfordshire mapper of many years' standing, I don't want the task of > replacing your edits, post-changeover, to be any harder than it has to be. > Please at least afford this little courtesy to your fellow mappers.
Don't worry, I've got no intention of letting my non-OS OpenData edits be deleted from OSM. (And obviously I'd love it if everyone's OS OpenData-derived edits could be kept too. But legally I don't see how this is possible with the current CTs.) My OS OpenData contributions were small in number and were all attributed either in the source tag or in the changeset comments. While I have reservations about the CTs, I'd be happy to sign them for my other edits if/when OSMF figure out a way to separate edits. I'd also be happy to sign if the CTs can be modified to allow OS OpenData, or someone can demonstrate how/why it's ok to contribute OS OpenData under the current CTs. (i.e. if I feel I'm legally able to, I'll sign them -- so please don't blame me for not accepting them at the moment.) LWG are aware of the OS OpenData issue, and I'm sure they'll come up with a suitable way forward in the near future. Until then I'm following the advice I got from an LWG member: "...if one wants to play really safe, decline and wait for developments. Declines are reversible and the matter will need further resolution before we get to the point of preventing such folks from editing." Given the size and number of my non-OS-OpenData contributions, I don't see that there's much point in creating a new account at this stage. Any new edits now would be a small fraction of what I've done previously. And if it turns out OS OpenData isn't allowed at the switch-over, the UK OSM community will have far bigger problems than the loss of my edits. So rather than create a new account, I'm planning to wait to see what OSMF/LWG comes up with in the near future. Robert. -- Robert Whittaker _______________________________________________ Talk-GB mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb
