Re: [Talk-gb-midanglia] The state of Bristol in OSM
Whoops - wrong list! On 17 January 2012 at 22:03 Richard Moss wrote: > > On Sun Jan 15 11:15:28 GMT 2012 > Andy Allan wrote > > > On 14 January 2012 20:34, Dave F. wrote: etc ___ Talk-gb-midanglia mailing list Talk-gb-midanglia@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb-midanglia
[Talk-gb-midanglia] The state of Bristol in OSM
On Sun Jan 15 11:15:28 GMT 2012 Andy Allan wrote > On 14 January 2012 20:34, Dave F. wrote: > >> Q's >> >> Does anyone have a template letter along the lines of 'please can you sign >> the agreement as it would mean a lot of hard work replacing your data' to >> send to those that are undecided or, more likely, unaware of the change? I'm >> crap at being polite :) >> >> Is there a way to tell who has been contacted already out of the >> contributors who haven't signed? I don't think numerous people contacting a >> user is the best way to get him to sign on the dotted line. > > There are templates and lists of contacted users at > http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Asking_users_to_accept_the_ODbL > > Note that the page is inaccurate as it's the CTs, not the ODbL, that > they are being asked to accept. > > Cheers, > Andy I've been using a slightly less formal and more personalised text - e.g this to user/tisjames: Subject Your OSM Contributions in Godmanchester Hi tisjames I don't know if you're aware, but OSM is changing the license that the data is produced under. See http://www.osmfoundation.org/wiki/License/We_Are_Changing_The_License . People like you am me, who joined OSM before a certain date, have to accept the terms of the new licence, otherwise their contributions will be lost. They've now set a date of 1 April 2012 for the chageover. In searching round my patch of Cambridgeshire, I've noticed that some of the data in Godmanchester is yours, and that so far, you are 'undecided' about the new licence. If you don't agree to the new terms before 1 April, your stuff will be lost, which would be a pity. Are you aware of all this, and will you be accepting or declining the terms? Anyway, if you get this, please let me know what you think about it all. Best wishes Richard Moss Obviously this needs adapting to suit the contribution of each user. Between David Earl and me, we have contacted 32 undecideds who have done bits in Cambridgeshire. Of these, 11 have converted, so worth the effort. Now we've just got to deal with the red bits that are left. I'm afraid I found the table at http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Asking_users_to_accept_the_ODbL too unwieldy to study. Before writing to anyone, I have checked their user page to make sure they are still undecided, and we've kept a running list of those contacted on the talk-gb-midanglia email list. BTW I prefer the English spelling of licence (noun) :) Richard ___ Talk-gb-midanglia mailing list Talk-gb-midanglia@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb-midanglia
Re: [Talk-gb-midanglia] Licence Change
I've added two more - tisjames and Accipter, but neither have responded. Between David and me, we seem to have written to 32 undecideds, of whom 11 have now accepted the new licence - worth the effort. All the ones who have now agreed, did it within a day or so of being contacted so I think now the task is just to get on with deleting and remapping the red bits. Richard On 07 January 2012 at 18:39 Richard Moss wrote: > > Of my first 7 users, only 2 replied to me, but checking their user pages, I > find 5 have accepted the new terms :) > > I've now written to another 14 undecideds who have done something in > Cambridgeshire: > Jon Schneider > Calvin > Prarry > andyw82 > sjstar > Meldreth Local History Group > Ickogg > Gavoir > StrayTaoist > scabious > Sniffing1987 > PMc > trumpton > HowardM > > > Richard > > > > > On 29 December 2011 at 16:59 Richard Moss wrote: > > > > > > > I've had more of a look round the north of Cambridgeshire, and the list of > > people I've written to is now: > > > > Jez > > wdalleywater > > nik > > bfrposh of whittlesey > > Andrew Cardwell > > lfp78 > > Clive Watts > > > > and David has added David Jordan. > > > > Paul Martin has specifically declined, and 80n has made it clear on other > > lists that he is aware of the issues, so I have not contacted either of > > them. > > > > Richard > > > > > > > > On 21 December 2011 at 14:58 David Earl wrote: > > > > > I did the same around Teversham/Cherry Hinton last week, and also looked > > > at what I'd need to do to replace unlicensed contributions. I've written > > > personally to the following: > > > > > > smncrsk > > > Martin Green > > > user_4538 > > > Roman > > > Robert Duncan > > > Dave Tracey > > > NickF > > > HendrikG > > > Simon Proven > > > > > > of which only the last has replied (he's accepted now). A 10% success > > > rate isn't terribly encouraging! I imagine this is mainly die to changed > > > email addresses - some of them haven't done anything in ages. OTOH, the > > > Cambridge area is generally in pretty good shape, with fairly isolated > > > non-accepting users. > > > > > > Martin Green has done a lot of University stuff and buildings in > > > Cambridge. I will be replacing all of these anyway in the next few > > > months for Project Drake, so while they look quite extensive, I'm not > > > overly worried about these. > > > > > > Note that user CrispinF has explicitly declined the license so if you > > > find any contributions by him, they definitely need to be > > > removed/replaced. > > > > > > David > > > > ___ Talk-gb-midanglia mailing list Talk-gb-midanglia@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb-midanglia
