[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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