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

[Liz]

On Tue, 13 Jul 2010, Richard Fairhurst wrote:
> Tobias Knerr wrote:
> > And exactly that is the problem. Mappers didn't have a say in 
> > starting the license change process
> 
> Yes, they did. After about four years of licence discussion among mappers,
> OSMF held a vote last autumn in which 89% of respondees approved the
> process
> (http://lists.openstreetmap.org/pipermail/osmf-talk/2009-December/000753.h
> tml).
Only members of OSMF had a vote.



> 
> In addition, OSMF holds annual elections where anyone can stand and put
> forward their views, and if elected, work to have them implemented -
> exactly the same way that your country's democracy works.
We realise that.

> 
> Of course, not everyone is a member of OSMF, but if you don't choose to get
> involved in the running of the project then you can't really complain if
> decisions are taken that aren't to your liking.
A common statement by those "on the inside".
Membership of OSMF costs money. I have enough money for that sort of expense 
but not everyone does.