[OSM-legal-talk] Phase 4 and what it means

[Maarten Deen]

On 5-6-2011 2:09, Frederik Ramm wrote:

> Any misunderstanding in this area will lead to friction: mapper A
> thought he still had time to reconsider; but mapper B goes ahead and
> deletes/re-maps A's work (possibly with less precision or other things
> that A doesn't like). A, who intended to stay with OSM but was just
> playing a little game of stubbornness and protest, is infuriated ("how
> could you throw away my super precise mapping!"), and B has wasted his
> time.

If that is your attitude towards the license change, then I really do 
not understand why all these phases are necessary. If the object of the 
game is to change the license regardless of anything, then just change 
it already.

Maarten