<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">2009/12/8 Matija Nalis <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:mnalis-openstreetmap-osmflist@voyager.hr">mnalis-openstreetmap-osmflist@voyager.hr</a>></span><br><div> </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
<div class="im">I have a question about procedure, for which I haven't found answer either</div>
at <a href="http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Open_Data_License/Implementation_Plan" target="_blank">http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Open_Data_License/Implementation_Plan</a><br>
or in the mailing lists (although I might have missed it, there are tons of<br>
discussions and wiki pages).<br>
<br>
The question is: provided OSMF members give >50% "yes" vote for the license<br>
change, is there any "abort percentage" if the non-trivial number or OSM<br>
contributors is against change ?<br>
<br>
(I see that "week 9" and "week 13" might have some slight touching on the<br>
subject, but I would like more clear answers if there are available)<br>
<br>
For example, if (unlikely I know) 95% of the OSM contributors in phases<br>
before "week 9" say they do NOT want to relicence to ODbL, would the license<br>
change action be aborted for the time ? Or would 95% of the data be archived<br>
and deleted, and OSM active database started practically from scratch ?<br>
<br>
What about if 45% of the OSM contributors do not accept ODbL relicence? What<br>
if only 10% do not accept ? And what if that 10% of the users actually made<br>
60% of the nodes/ways/relations on the map ?<br>
<br>
So the question is, are there any set limits (and if so, what are there), or<br>
it will be decided in that moment if that happens (and how ? by LWG ? Board<br>
members ? OSMF members simple majority vote ? OSMF members 2/3 vote ? or some<br>
other way) ? Or will the change proceed no matter what the casualties ?<br>
<br></blockquote><div> </div><div>There is not a distinct answer to your question. We could get into a lot of what-if scenario's. The problem with those what-if scenario's is that reality is always different. That's why the "week 9" and "week 13" are in the timeline, to give us a feeling of the direction of the most likely scenario and act accordingly.</div>
<div><br></div><div>Although one clear answer I can give you: the change will not proceed no matter what the casualties.</div><div><br></div><div>You will be able to follow the progress during the acceptance fase.</div><div>
<br></div><div>Cheers,</div><div>henk</div></div>