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

[Robert Kaiser]

Ed Avis schrieb:
> 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
>
> - block anyone who says no from contributing
>
> and presto! you have your 2/3 majority of active contributors.

That only works as long as there are no CTs the people have agreed to 
and that define a different process...

Robert Kaiser