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

[Dermot McNally]

On 7 June 2011 14:35, Anthony <osm at inbox.org> wrote:

> A 2/3 majority of what?  When was a poll held?

Your next paragraph suggests that you know when.

> Do you really think it's a valid poll where, for months, you're only
> allowed to say yes, and then even after you're allowed to say no, you
> can switch your mind until the answer is yes (at which point you can't
> change it back)?

Yes, I do. And the numbers suggest that most people agree with me.

> This is besides the fact that the question being asked is not the
> right question in the first place.

It is up to those asking the question to determine what question they
would like to have answered. In this case, the people asking for a
mandate to change the licence/copyright terms of the database we host
are those directly involved in the hosting of said database. They have
a right and duty to consider these issues and the mandate they seek
will not prevent any of us from making use of today's data set in any
way we were already permitted to do so.

> And besides the fact that I haven't been allowed to vote.

In the old days they might have been plucking chickens and boiling up
the tar. These days antisocial behaviour just gets you banned.

> There was no vote.

Over 32000 mappers have agreed to a proposal. 387 have disagreed. If
you choose not to consider this a vote, fair enough, but any longtime
readers have had plenty of chances to form an opinion of your brand of
logic.

Dermot



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