One *BIG* note that needs to be put out there specifically for the US: User balrog-kun has explicitly declined the license. He ran a bot that expanded abbreviations in TIGER street names in the western US which means that virtually every named street west of the Mississippi shows up as "tainted" in P2.
*BUT* He has explicitly stated multiple times that he intends for these bot edits to be relicensed under ODbL. So if balrog-kun is the only declining user to have touched a road, there is no need to replace it. The "ODBL coverage" map ( http://osm.informatik.uni-leipzig.de/map/ ) takes this into account but P2 does not. I think the map assumes any change made in a changeset with a bot=yes tag can be relicensed although I'm not sure on the exact implementation. Toby On Wed, Jul 20, 2011 at 11:49 AM, Richard Weait <[email protected]> wrote: > Dear All, > > The License Working Group takes the position that it is now > appropriate to begin reconciling the data touched by users who have > explicitly declined CT/ODbL. LWG feels that those users who have not > responded should have a grace period of another week or two. You can > find the list of usernames that have declined here. > http://fred.dev.openstreetmap.org/license/ This page is updated every > hour. > > As always, map areas that you know well and in small pieces. At this > point don't remove non-compliant data unless you are replacing it; > another mapper may be able to replace it from local knowledge or > survey. Bulk edits and or automated edits and or bots to reconcile > non-compliant data are not welcome without previous, detailed > discussion on the dev@ and or imports@ lists. Share your experiences > to find the most effective workflows for improving OpenStreetMap data > quality. > > - Check your local mapping area for data that is not completely > CT/ODbL compliant. In Potlatch2, choose Options, and check "Show > license status". There is also a licensechange plugin for JOSM. > > - Consider sending personal messages before you edit to those who have > not accepted or those who have declined based on your judgement. Some > users have declined and indicated on their user pages that they will > not reconsider. We do not wish to send unwelcome or duplicate > messages. See also > http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Asking_users_to_accept_the_ODbL > > - Replace the data of users who have explicitly declined CT/ODbL with > your own contributions from survey and other acceptable sources. > > - While this initial stage is focused on replacing data touched by > users who have explicitly declined, you might find data touched by > users who have not yet responded. We leave it to your judgement to > replace that data now or wait another week or two. > > Once you begin replacing data, check on a regular basis whether the > user in question hasn't changed his/her mind and has accepted CT/ODbL. > You can look at http://fred.dev.openstreetmap.org/license/, this is > updated every hour. > > Best regards, > Richard Weait, > on behalf of the License Working Group. > > _______________________________________________ > talk mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk > _______________________________________________ talk mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk
