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

[Ed Avis]

andrzej zaborowski <balrogg at ...> writes:

>Multiple times on these lists people have been advised to "vote with
>their data".  Since most contributors were not asked about the
>relicense process, then, if they just agree to relicense their data
>and then leave the project, OSMF will never know.

Yes, it is daft that the question of 'do you agree with changing the licence'
has become entangled with 'will you accept the new contributor terms'.
There are those who don't agree with the project's direction, but, if their
arm is twisted, will agree to relicense their data; there may be others who
would prefer the ODbL but are unable to agree to the CTs since they don't own
all the data they have contributed.

-- 
Ed Avis <eda at waniasset.com>