[OSM-talk] [Announce] OSMF license change vote has started

[Stefan de Konink]

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Matt Amos schreef:
> we're talking about moving to another
> license with very similar requirements, but a different
> implementation, and that's not "open" and "free" anymore? it would
> really help me if i could understand your position.

Its honestly terribly simple. We get into a discussion over moving from
a widely used `GPL2.0' like license that works for everyone, and best of
all is compatible with everyone.

Some folks here think that BSD style should be our target.


Now the stearing committee thinks that for better protection we should
go for OSI-APPROVED-LICENSE-X; that nobody is compatible with yet and
worse. If we were Linux, we would have to remove our cool exotic network
card drivers just to facilitate this move. And worst of all, all the
nice vendors we were just talking with that were moved to going open are
now bound to a contract... that sounds so... formal?


Until anyone can guarantee that every bit of CC-BY-SA could be used
without problems in the new framework; I'm a skeptic. And basically
think about the deletionism in Wikipedia. Or wasting capital in real life.


Stefan
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