Mike, There are multiple components to this situation, but I want to start with the most timely and important, not so much for you, as for others in the US community who might be unaware of the situation in its complexities.
Paul Norman is not a rogue mapper, he is a member of the DWG, OSM's arbiter of what is and isn't allowed in the OSM database, so if he has taken an action, it is presumably either with the DWG, or with the implicit seniority that Paul's work or association carries with it. Secondly, to re-emphasize what Paul said- you have not followed the DWG's guidelines regarding imports, and according to your own mail, you are continuing not to follow those guidelines through use of automated editing (a bot). Thirdly, from my perspective you never contacted or contributed to the US Import Committee, either meeting or mailing list- if you had, then you'd know that our processes are even more stringent than those of the DWG. Yet Toby (who you CCed) has been able to follow them (and has helped clarify and expand them). So it's doable, and it's doable by people you want to be part of this conversation. Fourthly, you have been a part of this project for several years and know the issues about imports, and certainly know the importance of community discussion and approval in relation to imports. In fact, you have felt so strongly about the OSM community, that several years back, you decided to be part of an OSM fork, which you continue to advertise in your mail sig. If you want to be part of this community, meaning the OpenStreetMap community in the United States, I and others would welcome you, but you should be participatory and follow the guidelines that this community (the DWG and then the US Community) has regarding imports. - Serge _______________________________________________ Talk-us mailing list Talk-us@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us
