[Osmf-talk] Results of OSMF Member Vote

Matt Amos matt at asklater.com
Sun Dec 27 14:51:25 UTC 2009


Lars Francke wrote:
> On Sun, Dec 27, 2009 at 15:03, Matt Amos <matt at asklater.com> wrote:
>> article 79 part 2: Such [an amendment to Basic Law] requires the
>> affirmative vote of two thirds of the members of the Bundestag and
>> two-thirds of the votes of the Bundesrat.
>>
>> are you suggesting that the OSMF members are the equivalent of the
>> german parliament? in which case, what's the function of the (elected)
>> OSM board?
> 
> I don't think one can compare these things (license change vs.
> constitution change vs. presidential elections) fairly so my remark
> about this earlier was probably not very helpful.
> I don't know what the function of the board is. As far as I can tell
> it had no part in this process‽

the board approved (unanimously, i think?) the proposal before it was 
put to OSMF members.

nice interrobang, btw :-)

cheers,

matt




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