[talk-au] Getting is right

[Richard Weait]

On Tue, Sep 11, 2012 at 12:59 PM, Ben Johnson <tangararama at gmail.com> wrote:
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> On 12/09/2012, at 2:45 AM, Richard Weait wrote:
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>> Individual OSM contributors have approached dozens (or perhaps
>> hundreds, now) of governments from tiny to big and found success.
>> They've also found some regressive governments, but hey, we won't know
>> until we try.  Good luck.
>>
>
>
> I've been wanting to contact my own local government about OSM-related
> matters, but what to say about the license?
[ ... ]

It's not that tough compared with getting their attention. :-)
Granted, it will be simpler to explain next week, after the
transition.  When we were first talking with the Canadian national
mapping agency, we explained the license change process to them.  They
were fine with it and have been not just licensing to OSM but
participating in OSM for years now.