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

[kevin at cordina.org.uk]

I thought I had read that there would be a second phase vote at the time of switch over based on a full understanding of data loss and effect.  I can't now find that reference so I may have imagined it.

What is happening with the revisions to the CTs?  Will we have to accept/decline again?  I have accepted the first version, but aren't they now changing?

Kevin

------Original Message------
From: Frederik Ramm
To: kevin at cordina.org.uk
To: Licensing and other legal discussions.
Sent: 1 Oct 2010 08:37
Subject: Re: [OSM-legal-talk] OS Opendata & the new license

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


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