[OSM-legal-talk] CTs, procedure to change of the license

[Martin Koppenhoefer]

I found the thread:
http://gis.19327.n5.nabble.com/OSM-legal-talk-CT-time-period-for-reply-to-a-new-license-change-active-contributor-td5270119.html

basically what Michael Collinson wrote makes sense:

- In the case of a major license change, there would be a run up of at
least several months of publicity and discussion before the final formal
vote announcement.

- Our general objective in the CTs is to leave future generations as
much flexibility as possible while preserving overall project goals.

- The CTs do not stop such a formal announcement and vote opening to be
made much earlier. I certainly agree that 6-8 weeks is reasonable should
we ever go through a big change again.

- There may be ocassions when a small but vital change needs to be made
if a problem/loop-hole is found with the current license. Hence three
weeks ... two weeks for someone to be on holiday and one week for them
to get organised and vote.


cheers,
Martin