[OSM-legal-talk] CTs are not full copyright assignment

[Frederik Ramm]

Hi,

On 06/07/11 10:35, Ed Avis wrote:
> The process is pretty simple really:
> - decide what licence you want without bothering to hold a vote
> - get everyone to sign up to new contributor terms allowing that licence
> - block anyone who says no from contributing
> and presto! you have your 2/3 majority of active contributors.

Yes, and you can have a happy and thriving project ever after, with your 
two contributors.

OSM is first a community, and second the data. If you are only after the 
data and don't mind losing the community then there are other, easier 
ways; all morally more than questionable but legally defendable.

The license change, however, is not driven by the idea that OSMF is the 
enemy. If OSMF were (the enemy) then we would have a whole lot of 
different problems. The license change is mainly driven by the idea of 
making share-alike work better, i.e. the enemy are those who would want 
to circumvent that.

Bye
Frederik