The way I read this, is that there is money that will be used toward advancing the 3 projects and funding is being sought to finance continued development of iD. So I'd say there is a difference.
I take it all as good news. Of course, I would also like to see some financial support for JOSM and Vespucci, but one can only spend each euro/dollar/pound once, so choices must be made. Polyglot On Sun, Aug 2, 2020 at 2:53 PM JB <jb...@mailoo.org> wrote: > So, with sarcasm (at least half-)on, and english not being my > mothertongue: the osm2pgsql/Nomatim/Potlatch grants were just Troyan > horses to enable the OSMF funding of (ex or not ex?) Mapbox developer, > with contributors not screaming too loudly? And explaining the iD > conflict resolution process that was proposed lately (and, surprise, > accepted by Mapbox iD developers)? > Much thanks to the iD developers for having kept long, trustful and > peaceful relationships with the community over the years of iD development. > Just saying out loud what some people may or may not think, but would > not dare to write. It does not expect answers. > JB. > > Le 02/08/2020 à 13:44, Mikel Maron a écrit : > > Hello > > > > The OSMF board is working to make OSM's core software and infrastructure > more stable and sustainable by supporting paid roles for priority needs, > such as the Senior Site Reliability role ( > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/pipermail/osmf-talk/2020-July/006973.html), > and the pilot to fund "OSM Infrastructure" projects ( > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/pipermail/osmf-talk/2020-August/006987.html > ). > > > > As part of this focus, we want to organise coordinated funding to > support continued maintenance and development of the iD editor, as iD's > strong continuous development over the past several years has served the > OSM community well. Quincy Morgan is iD's maintainer and lead developer. > Unfortunately, full-time support of his work recently ended. He'd very much > like to continue, and the OSMF Board wants to see that happen. He has > written up this proposal ( > https://github.com/quincylvania/quincylvania.com/blob/main/resources/Morgan%20iD%20work%20proposal%207_27.pdf) > with his ideal plans for iD over the next year, along with notes about how > he'll organise, grow the developer base, communicate, and set priorities, > and make iD better. The final priorities for the year will be made in > consultation with the community. > > > > To help fund this project, as well as the SSRE role, we're looking at > earmarked donations from companies, chapters and organisations. > Administratively, we believe this is easier than other methods of pooled > funding, as the OSMF is already in most companies' procurement systems, and > it would limit paperwork to one contract for iD. Initial contract would be > for 1 year, and that's what the OSMF would look to raise now. > > > > With the OSMF holding the contract, the Board would take a key > accountability role, reviewing work done on the contract and assessing > progress on the plans Quincy develops for the project. Additionally, the > OSMF is working in cooperation with Quincy to establish a formal appeal > process ( > https://blog.openstreetmap.org/2020/06/08/toward-resolution-of-controversies-related-to-id/) > for the relatively rare community issues iD cannot resolve itself. > > > > The OSMF would not see its role as a traditional "boss", instructing iD > to focus on this or that feature. We would not be prescriptive about > priorities. This does not mean work in a vacuum. Our expectation is that > Quincy, in addition to following our hiring framework's principles for > transparent service to the community, would regularly convene stakeholders > from the community to share their priorities and feedback. Quincy would > assess all priorities holistically as he decides on a workable plan for the > project. > > > > Over the course of the year, we'll evaluate and learn from how the > arrangement is working for all, as we look towards year 2 and beyond. For > future years, we are looking at developing an overall plan for long-term > support for all parts of the OSMF infrastructure. We want to be able to > offer similar support to other OSM editors. Our early focus on iD is to > ensure continued development. > > > > We want to find out what you, the OSM community, think. Do you have any > feedback? > > > > If you know of an organisation that might want to fund this, please feel > free to ask them to contact the OSMF Board. > > > > -Mikel, for the OSMF Board > > > > * Mikel Maron * +14152835207 @mikel s:mikelmaron > > > > _______________________________________________ > > osmf-talk mailing list > > osmf-t...@openstreetmap.org > > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/osmf-talk > > > > _______________________________________________ > talk mailing list > talk@openstreetmap.org > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk >
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