[OSM-legal-talk] OS Opendata & the new license

[Frederik Ramm]

Kevin,

kevin at cordina.org.uk wrote:
> (b) that there is a very clear (and legally sound) description of the
> effect of the new licence when the time comes to vote so we can make
> an informed decision which way to vote based on the effect it will
> have.

I don't know how long you have been following the process, but the vote 
is long past. Members of the OSMF have had such a vote last year and 
agreed to go ahead with the new license. The switch to ODbL is already 
decided; further votes are not planned.

All mappers will be asked to agree to the Contributor Terms, thereby 
effectively agreeing to the relicensing. At that point they have the 
option to not agree, in which case OSMF will stop distributing their 
data; but this is not a vote, just an individual opt-in.

Bye
Frederik