[OSM-legal-talk] [OSM-talk] Unsetting CT flag

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On Tue, Dec 7, 2010 at 8:59 AM, Frederik Ramm <frederik at remote.org> wrote:

> Hi,
>
>
> On 12/07/10 09:24, kevin at cordina.org.uk wrote:
>
>> However, I believe the license is different.  Contributors give OSMF
>> a licence to use their data in a particular way.  That licence is to
>> their personal rights.  I think it is wrong that this licence can be
>> changed in the future without the consent of all contributors whose
>> data will be affected.
>>
>
> Maybe it is just a problem with concepts and wording. Where you say
> license, I think CT: The contributors grant OSMF the right to use their data
> under specific rules. These rules can never be changed without their
> consent, and it would be wrong (like you say above) to try and retroactively
> change these rules.
>
> These rules include the right for OSMF to redistribute the data under
> certain licenses, the choice of which must conform to a set of criteria
> which are defined *in advance* by the contributor and are *not modifiable*.
>
> So, the const-ness you're looking for is in fact there - just not on the
> level on which you are lookign for it.
>

Not at all.  A 2/3rds majority of *active* contributors can change the
license under which everyone elses content is published.  Actual active
contributors are already a small minority of all contributors, and will
inevitably become a smaller and smaller minority as time goes on.
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