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

Gervase Markham gerv-gmane at gerv.net
Mon Jul 19 22:23:12 BST 2010


On 19/07/10 05:12, Rob Myers wrote:
> You know that's a sore point in the EU. ;-)
>
> But the EU does have a government.

And, now, a constitution. Which they brought in even though, of the 
small number of votes they had, > 50% of people voted no.

I don't hold them up as an example of how to do things, far from it - I 
was just answering your question.

There are a load of other countries apart from the US where 
constitutional changes are ratified by the parliament, and the people 
don't get a say at all (apart from electing their representatives).

Gerv





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