[OSM-legal-talk] New OSM contributor licensing under ODbL and CC-BY-SA started today

[Liz]

On Thu, 13 May 2010, Mike Collinson wrote:
> I may be picking up the wrong concern here, but let me clarify for general
>  information:
> 
> Having new contributors agree to both the CC-BY-SA and ODbL allows a
>  transition period with fail-safe.
> 
> - Right now, CC-BY-SA carries on as usual.  The Foundation has the right to
>  license a tiny amount of new contributions under ODbL, but will not do so.
> 
> - Existing contributors are then asked if they will agree to re-license
>  their data under ODbL.  CC-BY-SA carries on as usual.
> 
> - When enough contributors have agreed, we cut over to licensing the
>  current database under ODbL, (And a static snapshot of the database is
>  also made forever under CC-BY-SA).  If for some reason this event never
>  happens, the fail safe is that licensing of all contributions under
>  CC-BY-SA simply continues.
> 
> 
> Hope that helps.
> 
> Mike 
> 
That was certainly my concern, starting the use of ODbL without any vote by 
the active contributors even being advertised, never mind waiting for a two-
thirds majority.
Liz