[OSM-legal-talk] Copyright Assignment

[Simon Ward]

On Wed, Jan 06, 2010 at 02:44:53AM +0100, Frederik Ramm wrote:
> Oh yes it does, because if someone isn't active any more it will become 
> harder and harder to get an opinion out of him. Someone who is not 
> active any more will often have lost interest or lost his life, that's 
> why, while desirable, it is not practical to give them a say.
> 
> Unless you're willing sign something that says "I agree that OSMF will 
> make two attempts to contact me at my registered e-mail address with 
> information on how to vote on an upcoming license change suggestion, and 
> if I don't react then that counts as an "abstain" vote."

At the very least, I expect the period to be much longer than 6 months.
My arbitrary acceptable number data just suggested 18 months.

Simon
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A complex system that works is invariably found to have evolved from a
simple system that works.—John Gall
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