[OSM-legal-talk] decision removing data

[Heiko Jacobs]

Richard Weait schrieb:
> On Tue, Aug 3, 2010 at 7:18 PM, Heiko Jacobs <heiko.jacobs at gmx.de> wrote:
>> Hello
>>
>> I searched without success in the Wiki
>> who official decided, when and *WHY* they decided, that data of
>> contributors, who not (can) accept the ODbl, has to be removed.
>>
>> In
>> http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/w/index.php?title=Open_Database_License/Implementation_Plan&oldid=488199
>> up to 2010-06-22 this questions stayed open:
>>
>> " Week 13 (approximate)
>> Final cut-off. Community Question... What do we do with
>> the people who have said no or not responded?"
>>
>> But the discussion (and decision) seems to be much older ...?
> 
> The presumption is that contributors who joined under ccbysa only,
> have the right to choose whether to proceed under ODbL or not.  Do you
> suggest that they should not have a choice?
> 
> If the OSMF Board were to decide, "okay, that's it.  All the data is
> relicensed" without asking contributors, is that in line with their
> mandate to assist OpenStreetMap but not control it?
> 
> What would you suggest as an alternative?

Before I will discuss this points I want to see the official
decision and on which base this decision was made.
For such an important decision I assumed that is written down.

Mueck