[OSM-legal-talk] Can someone summarise arguments for/against clause 2 of CTs?

[Anthony]

On Mon, Sep 20, 2010 at 4:12 AM, Rob Myers <rob at robmyers.org> wrote:
> On 09/20/2010 05:14 AM, Steve Bennett wrote:
>>
>> I'm asking about Clause 2: specifically,
>> why does OSMF need special rights over contributors' data?
>
> OSM(F) needs to be able to place contributions under BY-SA now and later
> under the ODbL.

Why do they need to do this?  Specifically, why can't the contributors
do this themselves?

> OSM(F) may also need to relicence the data again in future, as Clause 3
> indicates. Clause 2 makes this possible.

I understand that explanation.  But not the other one.