Re: [OSM-talk] Multiple OSM instances

2010-10-06 Thread Peter Körner
Am 05.10.2010 17:37, schrieb 80n: How would a user know which platforms they are able to send contributions to? Is there some kind of contribution hierarchy with PD at the top and proprietary at the bottom? Should there be a registry somewhere? Where is the average contributor to OSM is

Re: [OSM-talk] Multiple OSM instances

2010-10-06 Thread Andrew Errington
On Tue, October 5, 2010 23:50, 80n wrote: snip Are there any easy and simple steps that can be taken that could make the existence of multiple OSMs a whole lot less painful? Yes. Combine them all into one project. Call it OSM. Best wishes, Andrew

Re: [OSM-talk] Multiple OSM instances

2010-10-06 Thread jamesmikedup...@googlemail.com
I think this discussion should first be put on hold until we develop and test the technology needed. when it all works well, I am sure the main osm site will love to use it. mike On Wed, Oct 6, 2010 at 8:54 AM, Andrew Errington a.erring...@lancaster.ac.uk wrote: On Tue, October 5, 2010 23:50,

Re: [OSM-talk] Multiple OSM instances

2010-10-06 Thread andrzej zaborowski
On 5 October 2010 17:37, 80n 80n...@gmail.com wrote: On Tue, Oct 5, 2010 at 4:14 PM, Frederik Ramm frede...@remote.org wrote: Hi, 80n wrote: I'm particularly interested in how it could be made easier for contributors to handle the situation.  How will they know which OSM they should

Re: [OSM-talk] Multiple OSM instances

2010-10-06 Thread TimSC
On 06/10/10 13:45, andrzej zaborowski wrote: How about one OSM project with multiple databases? I raised that possibility with OSMF and others. OSMF did not seem too keen. The discussion was here: http://lists.openstreetmap.org/pipermail/strategic/2010-August/date.html

Re: [OSM-talk] Multiple OSM instances

2010-10-06 Thread 80n
On Wed, Oct 6, 2010 at 1:45 PM, andrzej zaborowski balr...@gmail.comwrote: On 5 October 2010 17:37, 80n 80n...@gmail.com wrote: On Tue, Oct 5, 2010 at 4:14 PM, Frederik Ramm frede...@remote.org wrote: Hi, 80n wrote: I'm particularly interested in how it could be made easier for

[OSM-talk] Multiple OSM instances

2010-10-05 Thread 80n
It's inevitable that there will be at least one fork of OSM content if the license is switched to ODbL + CT. There are already other projects using the OSM software stack (CommonMap, USGS etc) but none that I know of that are yet using OSM's content. This will surely change if the license is

Re: [OSM-talk] Multiple OSM instances

2010-10-05 Thread Frederik Ramm
Hi, 80n wrote: I'm particularly interested in how it could be made easier for contributors to handle the situation. How will they know which OSM they should contribute to? I'd prefer if you chose the wording: Which collaborative mapping platform... - because there can only be one OSM

Re: [OSM-talk] Multiple OSM instances

2010-10-05 Thread 80n
On Tue, Oct 5, 2010 at 4:14 PM, Frederik Ramm frede...@remote.org wrote: Hi, 80n wrote: I'm particularly interested in how it could be made easier for contributors to handle the situation. How will they know which OSM they should contribute to? I'd prefer if you chose the wording:

Re: [OSM-talk] Multiple OSM instances

2010-10-05 Thread Serge Wroclawski
On Tue, Oct 5, 2010 at 10:50 AM, 80n 80n...@gmail.com wrote: It's inevitable that there will be at least one fork of OSM content if the license is switched to ODbL + CT. That's yet to be seen, unless you're saying that you personally will make it happen. So the question I'd like to ask is,

Re: [OSM-talk] Multiple OSM instances

2010-10-05 Thread Ed Avis
80n 80n80n at gmail.com writes: It's inevitable that there will be at least one fork of OSM content if the license is switched to ODbL + CT. Just to be clear: there is a big 'if' in the above assertion. I don't think it is inevitable that OSM will split into multiple projects, because I don't

Re: [OSM-talk] Multiple OSM instances

2010-10-05 Thread 80n
On Tue, Oct 5, 2010 at 4:39 PM, Serge Wroclawski emac...@gmail.com wrote: On Tue, Oct 5, 2010 at 10:50 AM, 80n 80n...@gmail.com wrote: It's inevitable that there will be at least one fork of OSM content if the license is switched to ODbL + CT. That's yet to be seen, unless you're saying