This is a common insult, used to imply that the person in question is too inept to make it on their own. I am not certain where the basement portion of the stereotype comes from, unless it is to imply the person can't even get along their parents.
-------Original Email------- Subject :Re: [OSM-talk] What could we do to make this licences discussionmore inclusive? >From :mailto:nerou...@gmail.com Date :Sun Jul 18 21:35:52 America/Chicago 2010 On Sun, Jul 18, 2010 at 10:22 PM, John Smith <deltafoxtrot...@gmail.com> wrote: > On 19 July 2010 12:07, Nathan Edgars II <nerou...@gmail.com> wrote: >> If this is how the OSMF board conducts themselves, perhaps it's best to give >> them as little power as possible over the data and its license. > > Just ignore the rants, some people are just venting frustration. I know how to vent frustration :) It seems to me that Steve's post is not just a harmless rant, but contains an implication, whether purposeful or not, that some mappers, namely stay-at-home sons (and daughters?), are less equal than others. Perhaps this should not merely be implied, but written out in the bylaws. _______________________________________________ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk -- John F. Eldredge -- j...@jfeldredge.com "Reserve your right to think, for even to think wrongly is better than not to think at all." -- Hypatia of Alexandria _______________________________________________ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk