@simon @zverikYeah, and OSMF supporting some editors...

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Yeah, and OSMF supporting some editors (or projects in other categories) would likely kill others in that space.

And I say this still being sad that OWL disappeared, had wished to see it on osm.org.

Perhaps OSMF could act more as a facilitator, helping to connect developers with potential grant sources, having some templates for applications and the process?
It would reduce the risk of favoritism, help the devs and keep OSMF at "supports not controls".

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Simon Poole replied to Rihards

@richlv @zverik OWL never really worked, and the last dev that worked on it tried to use it as leverage to get employed by the OSMF ... which as we know, failed.

A full blown replacement for it is probably out of the financial reach of the OSMF and it isn't even clear if that approach still makes any sense.

3 April at 12:01 | Open on en.osm.town

Ilya Zverev replied to Simon

@simon @richlv Regarding OWL, yeah, I made WhoDidIt which basically replaced it, and then Wille made OSMCha that got supported by Mapbox and basically fully covers the standard low-level changes monitoring.

I wouldn't say they used it as a leverage... Or I don't remember it all too well. It definitely was too early for that.

3 April at 12:12 | Open on en.osm.town