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

[Rob Myers]

On 10/01/2010 11:46 AM, Elizabeth Dodd wrote:
>
> Not everyone can join OSMF.
> Joining is restricted to persons with enough spare cash to pay a fee in
> Pounds Sterling, access to a system for international money transfer if
> not in the UK, and a number of other practical points dependent on UK
> law - I would expect that minors are not supposed to be voting members
> of a UK company.

Or of anything else.

> The ability to manage well in written English would be
> a practical requirement.

Which language would you rather was used?

> To pick an obvious example, the persons who mapped Nigerian slums are

That's an eyebrow-raising assumption.

> unlikely to have the financial resources to join. Most students don't

Then I suggest that those of us who are concerned that their voices are 
not being heard help them out.

> have such resources. I would not expect the students involved in

You're joking. It's a few pints worth of money.

> mapping ShimlaPuri to have the financial resources.
>
> OSMF was set up for a particular purpose. Because responsibility for
> the servers implies responsibility for the contents, the extension was
> made to the licence. OSMF extended itself this privilege, not the OSM
> community.

OSMF would not be competent if it ignored the problems with the licence. 
It would be failing in its duty.

- Rob.