[OSM-legal-talk] [OSM-talk] Community vs. Licensing

[Richard Weait]

On Wed, Sep 1, 2010 at 3:35 AM, John Smith <deltafoxtrot256 at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 1 September 2010 17:30, Frederik Ramm <frederik at remote.org> wrote:
>> only the most presumptuous person would believe that a license they choose
>> today will automatically be the best license for the project for all time.
>
> The sheer arrogance of all this is astounding, you and others are
> telling all the current contributors that you know best, because you
> are trying to speak for both people now and people in the future
> without even asking people what they want.

You seem to be sending your emails from OppositeLand, JohnSmith.

The Contributor Terms, and specifically the relicensing term in term
three are prudent because we know that it is impossible to know what
license will be best for OSM in 6, 10 or 50 years.

That you assert that CC-By-SA is right for OSM now and will be the
right license for OSM forevermore makes you the one claiming perfect
foresight.

That you claim that Frederik, or LWG, or OSMF Board are "are trying to
speak for both people now and people in the future" in the very same
breath is bold.  You know perfectly well that term three gives the
decision on future licenses to future OSM active contributors, by 2/3
majority vote.