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

Anthony osm at inbox.org
Sun Dec 6 06:17:23 GMT 2009


On Sun, Dec 6, 2009 at 1:00 AM, Matt Amos <zerebubuth at gmail.com> wrote:

> our choices are basically the following:
> 1) continue to use a license which legal experts seem to agree doesn't
> work for us.
> 2) move to a new license.
>
> option (2) will likely mean that some data is lost and i don't think
> option (1) is what people really want. which do you prefer?
>

I prefer 1.  Of course, what works for you isn't the same as what works for
me.  I'm fine with everything being public domain.  Why an open content
project would try to place restrictions on the use of a collection of facts
is beyond me.
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