[OSM-legal-talk] CTs are not full copyright assignment
Andreas Perstinger
andreas.perstinger at gmx.net
Tue Jun 7 10:33:12 BST 2011
On 2011-06-07 10:35, Ed Avis wrote:
> Frederik Ramm<frederik at ...> writes:
>> 3. OSMF to choose a new license that is "free and open", present it to
>> OSM community for vote, and get 2/3 of active mappers to agree with the
>> new license. This is the only bit that is new, and the "2/3 of mappers"
>> hurdle can hardly be called "allow the board to tweak the license".
>
> 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
Why do you and some others think that the majority of the contributors
are dumb sheeps who will sign everything?
OTOH if everyone agrees to a new CT it can't be that bad, can it?
Bye, Andreas
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