[talk-au] Fwd: [OSM-talk] That license change link

[80n]

On Wed, Jul 7, 2010 at 11:35 PM, John Smith <deltafoxtrot256 at gmail.com>wrote:

> This also has me concerned, that there isn't a predefined level that
> would trigger a change over... or there is, but they aren't telling
> anyone what it is...
>
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: John Smith <deltafoxtrot256 at gmail.com>
> Date: 7 July 2010 04:23
> Subject: Re: [OSM-talk] That license change link
> To: Mike Collinson <mike at ayeltd.biz>
>
>
> On 7 July 2010 03:56, Mike Collinson <mike at ayeltd.biz> wrote:
> > - When enough contributors have agreed, we cut over to licensing the
> current database under ODbL, (And a static snapshot of the database is also
> made forever under CC-BY-SA).  If for some reason this event never happens,
> the fail safe is that licensing of all contributions under CC-BY-SA simply
> continues.
>
> How many is enough? 50%? 95%?
>
> Not only is the threshold not specified, but the timescale is also
undefined.  This is designed to win by attrition.

No matter how slow the uptake eventually the CC-BY-SA content will be
insignificant.

80n
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