[OSM-legal-talk] Contact Info For Tom Hughes Regarding Public Domain Mailing List

[Brian Quinion]

Tom Hughes wrote:
>> We all want to improve OSM data quantity and quality. We just haven't
>> agreed on weather a viral license will help or hinder. Just like we
>> haven't agreed on JOSM vs. Potlatch.
>
> No, but some of us are trying to work to achieve the best consensus
> possible within the existing project while others appear to be trying to
> fragment the project.

I don't really see how it is possible to know what the 'consensus' of
the project is.  It is entirely possible that the consensus is PD and
people are going along with the existing license because they don't
see an alternative.  Plus most of the discussion so far seems to be
'how do we create OSM/PD without splitting the project'.

Personally I'd be very happy to see the discussion of PD continue on
the talk list but a mailing list seems a very minor resource compared
to the time and effort that have gone into the creating the new
license.

BTW - I'm not sure if I'd want to make my edits PD or not, it will all
depend on the final result of the new license process.  However I'd
certainly hope, given the level of interest, that when the time comes
to offer the new license to the OSM community it would be a 3 way
choice between No, New Licence and PD.  As such this feels a
discussion that is very relevant to OSM.

--
 Brian