[Local-chapters] Actions concerning the license

[Henk Hoff]

Serge,

It's not about trust, it's about responsibility. The OSMF is responsible for
the database (incl the license).

There is no mention that the Foundation should *handle* all issues related
to the license. It's saying that it needs it's approval. This can be
organized in many different ways, even w/o having to check with the OSMF
every time you talk about the license.

If you think the wording can be better, I'm open for suggestions.

Cheers,
Henk

2010/3/22 Serge Wroclawski <emacsen at gmail.com>

> 2010/3/21 Henk Hoff <toffehoff at gmail.com>:
>
> > Because the counterpart could argue "OpenStreetMap [whatever] told me it
> was
> > ok to do so".
> > It's not that a chapter may not say anything about the license, but it
> needs
> > to check whether the info they are giving is correct.
>
> Henk, your concern is understandable, but just because there's
> potential for something bad, we should try to address it in the
> chapter agreement.
>
> There will always be potential for harm, just as there will always be
> potential for good. At some level you or the OSMF or whoever needs to
> trust that people will do the right thing. If not, you're going to
> just write rules for everything that could possibly go wrong, and that
> ultimately doesn't work for two reasons:
>
> 1) People will always find a way to find the one thing you forgot to
> mention, to find the cracks and bend the rules.
>
> 2) Endless pages of rules designed to stop bad people just turn
> everyone else off. At each instance that we've been presented a
> chapter agreement with lots of rules, it's turned a lot of people off.
>
> You said in a talk I saw that this is all about the map. Well, make it
> be about the map. Less rules, more collaboration. If the Foundation
> will need to take action, it can take action as things come up- but
> right now let's just get things going.
>
> For example, if you're concerned that the Chapters don't have
> sufficient information about the license, why not have the OSMF create
> material to help explain it, and then provide talking points for the
> Chapters...
>
> Ultimately though Henk, we're all here because we believe in the cause
> of Free Geodata. The folks I know on the US board, Kate, myself, Thea,
> Steven and Richard, are all committed to this. Help us do this as part
> of OSM.
>
> - Serge
>
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