On 23 August 2010 16:21, M∡rtin Koppenhoefer <dieterdre...@gmail.com> wrote: > I also agree it would be absurd to have OSM handle over the account > data of its contributors (and is against almost any privacy law at > least in Europe). There is also no logics in that: people who want to > can simply create a new account with their old credentials on the fork > site (I'm not planning to join the fork, but if I was I surely > wouldn't use the same pw I used for OSM).
It's absurd and not really necessary to hand over the accounts data, OAuth solves this problem. But it makes a lot of sense to use the same credentials as on the OSM site because AFAIU Felix wants to give mappers a way to just continue mapping under the same conditions as they have been doing until now, without going through additional hassle. It's understandable they want to continue using the same accounts. As 80n already pointed out it's the job of those who want a change to fork instead of forcing the change on everyone, and forcing those who oppose to relaunch the project. Although it's discutible because the informal poll showed the support for the change was strong, I do think the osmf should have at least considered that path. Cheers _______________________________________________ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk
