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

[Andy Allan]

On Fri, Jul 16, 2010 at 10:24 AM, 80n <80n80n at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Fri, Jul 16, 2010 at 9:28 AM, Andy Allan <gravitystorm at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Given that that has been the only option, that's hardly surprising.
>
> Everyone had two options:  1) agree to CC-BY-SA or 2) take your data to some
> other project (plenty to choose from).
>
> Nobody forced you to contribute to OSM.  You agreed to CC-BY-SA.

Oh, this is ridiculous. Of course I've agreed to CC-BY-SA. The ODbL
didn't even exist when I joined OSM - and you know that fine and well
Etienne, you were there too when there was only 3 of us mapping in SW
London. So it's a crazy line of argument that you are following.

But there's more to OSM than the license, and if the project wants to
change the license, and I think the new license is reasonable, then
I'm happy to change. I've contributed to wikipedia under different
licenses over the years too, you know.

This line of discussion has turned from daft to pointless.

Cheers,
Andy