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

[John Smith]

On 15 July 2010 20:17, Rob Myers <rob at robmyers.org> wrote:
> But non-votes are not "yes" or "no" votes. We cannot claim that they support
> or oppose relicencing.

That's exactly my point, out of 270 people, it doesn't exactly inspire
a lot of confidence if only a half bothered to vote...

> Given this, the facts are still that a majority voted and a clear majority
> of the votes were in favour.

No, a clear majority would have been 2/3rds in favour, not just those
that bothered to vote, this shows there isn't overwhelming support,
but a lot of apathy because they don't care how things go or don't
understand the implications enough to do anything but fence sitting.

> Would I rather more people had voted? Yes. But that doesn't invalidate the
> outcome.

Why doesn't it, there wasn't a clear majority of those eligible. If
OSM-F are only stewards, rather than the more active role in things
that seems to be occurring, shouldn't it be more fitting to poll
active contributors, as other have outlined there is a lot of people
unable or unwilling to be members of OSM-F, but that doesn't mean they
don't want a say in how things continue especially if they are putting
a lot of time and effort into community building and other PR
activities.