See my response below [0], but one of the main reasons they did this with GitHub was to try and make it easier to take user contributions. They know their data

See my response below [0], but one of the main reasons they did this with GitHub was to try and make it easier to take user contributions. They know their data is wrong and they want help fixing it from the community. As a contributor to OpenStreetMap that spent tons of time using their building and street centerlines datasets to improve OSM, I noticed that their data was wrong in tons of places. I approached the city to ask about better collaboration with OSM and about fixing their license to let OSM use their data. After that conversation they committed to releasing data and soliciting feedback from the community. [0] http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5316115 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5316115