[Osmf-talk] New license change proposal status

[Klaus Gaßner]

Hi!

Frederik Ramm schrieb:
> In fact, since you are asking us members "do you approve moving to 
> ODbL", should you not declare *how* this move is planned to proceed, 
> including very sensitive bits like the wording of the message sent to 
> all contributors, and what you intend to do about data not re-licensed? 
> After all someone might say: I approve of the move to ODbL if it is done 
> this way, but if they're planning to do it that way then I don't?
> 
> Asking us to say yes to a completely unspecified process seems to be 
> asking a lot. You could be sending out SWAT teams to hold a gun against 
> the head of anyone not relicensing their data and claim that the process 
> was authorised by the OSMF membership ;-)

Frederik has a very important point there. There was a lot of discussion 
about the licence change earlier this year and as I percieved it, the 
main concerns and objections were not about the license itself. They 
were about a rushed approach rather than a reasonable and fair procedure 
to explain about the change and collect the agreements.

So I agree that laying down a well thought out procedure beforehand is 
not only an important point - it may also be the decisive point for many 
people.


bye
	Klaus