[OSM-legal-talk] License Cut-over and critical mass

[Richard Fairhurst]

Elizabeth Dodd wrote:
> I still don't agree with this approach. It doesn't sit with my idea of 
> democracy. When people vote they need to know for what they 
> are voting, and what the cut off marks are considered to be.

It's not a vote.

It's a request by the OpenStreetMap Foundation for you personally to
consider relicensing your contributions. The only question you're being
asked is "do you agree to relicense your contributions?". You are not being
asked to vote on what you think should happen to others' contributions - you
can't be, they own the rights and neither you nor me nor OSMF can relicense
them without their permission. You should tick the box solely according to
what you are willing to permit with _your_ contributions.

I hate to get all meta, but there seems to be a lot more "fear of fear of
the ODbL" than "fear of the ODbL" (not to say the latter doesn't exist).

cheers
Richard
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