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

[Elizabeth Dodd]

On Fri, 01 Oct 2010 09:37:14 +0200
Frederik Ramm <frederik at remote.org> wrote:

> 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.


I ask once more

"from where did OSMF get a mandate to change the licence?"

OSMF is a small set of persons and is not representative of OSM as a
community.