[OSM-legal-talk] Noise vs unanswered questions

[Rob Myers]

On 09/02/2010 11:24 AM, TimSC wrote:
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> 1) How is the future direction of OSM determined? Community consensus?
> OSMF committees with OSMF votes? Something else?

Consensus decision making doesn't mean a 100% plebiscite vote or 
minority veto power. It means an honest attempt to converge on a 
compromise. Given this, the ODbL does represent community consensus. It 
represents a compromise between many different ideological positions 
present in the community around the norms that have emerged in 
discussion over the years.

If it's not your personal dream licence for OSM, welcome to the club. 
But, as I say, consensus means compromise.

And not just from everyone else.

- Rob.