There is talk underway to do so. However, many of us feel that splitting the user base and splitting contributions would be destructive. We could produce better maps if we cooperated.
Don't you agree? -J On Sun, Oct 26, 2008 at 11:47 AM, SteveC <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > If I ever start a open project again I will put a mission statement > central to it. I think I was the one who originally wrote "The project > was started because most maps you think of as free actually have legal > or technical restrictions on their use, holding back people from using > them in creative, productive, or unexpected ways." I would add > something about it being viral too as I feel strongly that that is > pretty central to the success of things here. > > The real reason the PD folks don't go make > ReallyFreeAndOpenStreetMapThisTime.org is they know it will never > work. 10 people on the least signal/noise list in a project with > 80,000 people in it aren't going to make the PD unicorn fly. Most > people in the project that I speak to roll their eyes at this list > because first it's full of ill or openly badly informed people making > complex legal arguments and second that they clearly have a lot of > time on their hands. I can't even make some of the people I respect > most join the list! I applaud the structure that's developed recently > and led to those use cases for example, but the notion that such a > tiny minority would change things is about as likely as dropping all > the software and moving to WFS-T. > > Fundamentally, if in some magic way we went PD all you will do is > force the SA people to go start another project... so why can't the PD > people skip all that effort and start their own? Then we can just > import their stuff. We will be happy with our better dataset and our > idea of freedom and the PD people will be happy dreaming about > spaceships and their idea of freedom. > > On 25 Oct 2008, at 19:20, Joseph Gentle wrote: > >> Steve: I'm confused. Please reconcile these two statements: >> >> On Wed, Oct 22, 2008 at 5:50 PM, SteveC <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> Guys OSM isn't going PD... can't you go start >>> ReallyFreeAndOpenStreetMap.org or something? >>> >>> Best >>> >>> Steve >> >> On Wed, Oct 22, 2008 at 12:33 PM, Simon Ward <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> wrote: >>> I'm a member of the foundation, but that doesn't entitle me to say >>> something is or isn't a part of OSM. >> >> >> Also, if 'the community' does make decisions, whats the decision >> making process? Are informal email-list polls appropriate? Can we make >> web-based polls on the OSM wiki? >> >> How does the OSM foundation get feedback from the community? >> >> -J >> >> _______________________________________________ >> legal-talk mailing list >> legal-talk@openstreetmap.org >> http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/legal-talk >> > > Best > > Steve > > > _______________________________________________ > legal-talk mailing list > legal-talk@openstreetmap.org > http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/legal-talk > _______________________________________________ legal-talk mailing list legal-talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/legal-talk
