I think the original email makes more sense as a discussion point if instead of being about "deleting data" it's more about "getting started early" on the problem of re-surveying data which might be removed.
Steve stevecoast.com On Jun 12, 2011, at 18:16, Adam Hoyle <adam.li...@dotankstudios.com> wrote: > Wow, what an incendiary email, I presume that was intentional and so as an > outsider I feel compelled to respond with these 3 thoughts: > > 1) Unnecessary destruction of data seems particularly short sighted (maybe it > is necessary, I'm not equipped to judge to be honest). > > 2) The points that are in the link in your email all seem perfectly > reasonable, which makes me wonder what your objections to them are. > > 3) Are you carrying out some-kind of personal vendetta (or are you leading a > group vendetta) against this TimSC person? I only ask because that is how it > comes across to someone who is not at all engaged in the politics and history > of involvement behind the open street map project. > > Adam > > On 12 Jun 2011, at 15:44, Andrew wrote: > >> There are many landuse polygons in the London area that were created by user >> TimSC, who has not yet accepted the Contributor Terms. They will all be >> purged >> from the database when the licence changes if he continues not to do so. >> TimSC >> is now demanding changes to the way OSM is run with the treat of not >> accepting >> the CTs. (http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.gis.openstreetmap.legal/6102) >> I >> believe that, whatever the merits what he wants are, his methods are >> unacceptable and the community should reject them. >> >> I therefore propose to delete every landuse polygon that TimSC created with >> the hope that they will eventually be replaced with polygons based on high- >> resolution imagery and ground surveys that we can use going forwards. >> >> -- >> Andrew >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Talk-GB mailing list >> Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org >> http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb > > > _______________________________________________ > Talk-GB mailing list > Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org > http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb > _______________________________________________ Talk-GB mailing list Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb
