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

[James Livingston]

On 17/07/2010, at 4:19 PM, Chris Fleming wrote:
> Although the intent of ODBl is to provide the protections we thought we were getting with CC-BY-SA;

Partially yes, but there are also other changes (which I mentioned in another email). Even if the people who chose CC-BY-SA originally didn't mean for tiles to have to be that too, some pople signed up expecting it.

What people thought they were getting with CC-BY-SA varies a bit.


> if we were to go to something *completely* different then I can image these discussions getting *really* nasty.

There's a good way to find out too. Wait until after we relicense (assuming it actually happens), and the propose we re-license under CC-0 or something. You don't need everyone any more, only majority of the OSMF and two third of the active contributors!

I should do that, just to watch the hilarious firestorm ;)