[OSM-legal-talk] [OSM-dev] new contributor terms ID list

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On Wed, Aug 25, 2010 at 12:28 PM, Richard Fairhurst <richard at systemed.net>wrote:

>
> Frederik Ramm wrote:
> > The raw data can be interpreted in many ways. What we have seen is
> > one interpretation.
>
> Until the mail eventually goes out saying "please have a look at this and
> consider relicensing your data", it's entirely irrelevant anyway.
>
>
Not at all irrelevant.  The LWG is going to decide whether or not to switch
the license based on this.

Here's what the implementation plan says:
"Five weeks after the start of voluntary agreement, the License Working
Group will meet to assess the total number of voluntary Accepts and the
potential coverage of the OpenStreetMap databaase by ODbL. If large, the
mandatory phase will begin. If small, the voluntary phase will be extended
for up to 5 weeks"

Shouldn't the OSMF board be the ones to make the decision rather than the
LWG?  Perhaps the OSMF could quantify what large means in this context?

Would it be hypocritical if the required majority was less than 2/3, or does
that criteria not really matter in these circumstances?


> At present, any stats measuring voluntary ODbL sign-ups against total OSM
> users are simply a measure of how effective (or otherwise) the
> communications have been in reaching users. Nothing more.
>

> You might as well use any of the zillions of polls that have been
> conducted,
> or http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Category:ODbL_Supporter vs
> http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Category:Users_Rejecting_ODbL, or
>
> http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Category:Users_whose_contributions_are_in_the_public_domain
> vs
>
> http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Category:Users_whose_contributions_are_not_in_the_public_domain
> ,
> or stick a divining rod over Kent and say "ommmmmmmmmm" for all the benefit
> it will give you.
>
> [follow-ups to legal-talk, probably]
>




>
> cheers
> Richard
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