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

Rob Myers rob at robmyers.org
Fri Oct 1 13:48:23 BST 2010


> On 01/10/10 12:04, Rob Myers wrote:
>>
>> OSMF would not be competent if it ignored the problems with the
>> licence. It would be failing in its duty.
 >
> Where is the community mandate for that duty?
 >
> The OSMF just assuming
> powers is what is at the core of the question of mandate.

OSMF's creation moved OSM to a participatory governance structure.

That's not an assumption of powers in the absence of a community 
mandate, that's giving more power to the community.

- Rob.



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