On Wed, Oct 12, 2011 at 6:04 AM, Richard Fairhurst <[email protected]> wrote: > Serge Wroclawski wrote: >> I go back to my central point: We're spending a lot of time >> blocking people and explaining to people why they're blocked. >> Let's find a way to turn this adversarial relationship into a >> cooperative one. Do you have a suggestion on how to do this? > > I do. > > If I read you right, you think there should be an "open to all" tileserver > whose proceeds are fed back to the project.
I never wrote that or implied it. > So you, Serge Wroclawski, should do it. > > Set up osmtileserver.org. Beg, borrow or steal some boxes, or simply take a > punt with EC2. Recruit like-minded souls to your cause. Get a basic > tileserver running. Approach one of the blocked app authors and say "hey, I > think you might be interested in this". And, when you make your first profit > that goes beyond what you need to reinvest, send a cheque to OSMF. So if I read you right, you're saying if I register a domain and buy a server, you'll hand over administration of the OpenStreetMap Foundation to me. - Serge _______________________________________________ talk mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk
