[OSM-legal-talk] A simplification of the agreement on the signup page.

[80n]

On Sun, Mar 1, 2009 at 4:53 PM, Nic Roets <nroets at gmail.com> wrote:

>
> I support you and I would like to go even further. Namely any license
> that the OSMF chooses. But at least one of the OSMF members (Mikel?)
> was opposed to it because it's so easy to get OSMF membership (and as
> a consequence a controlling majority on the board).
>
> OSMF currently has around 200 members.  Anyone determined to control OSMF
would simply need to buy that many memberships.  At £15 a time you could buy
the whole Foundation for about £3,000.

Bestowing OSMF with this kind of responsibility might not be a wise move.

80n
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