[OSM-talk] Full Database dump request - forking possible Was: [Announce] OSMF license change vote has started

Ulf Lamping ulf.lamping at googlemail.com
Sun Dec 6 13:59:50 GMT 2009


Simone Cortesi schrieb:
> On Sun, Dec 6, 2009 at 10:59, Florian Lohoff <flo at rfc822.org> wrote:
>> I hereby request that the OSMF publishes a full (including history)
>> Database Dump just prior deleting non ODbL relicensed data to allow
>> a forking of OpenStreetmap under the old licensing terms.
> 
> There already is a plan for a complete dump (with history). This will
> not happen tomorrow. Because we are not going to change the licence
> anyday this month.
> 
> I'm really hoping that nobody will effectively go on with a fork of the project.
> 
> The strenght of OpenStreetMap is in its community. We dont need a second one.

I agree that forking the project would be ugly.

However - the strength of OSM is *not* in the OSMF or the LWG.

If the OSMF thinks it has to tell the mappers out there what they have 
to do (and accepting a license change "by force" is definitely one of 
this), this is the point in time to think about the OSMF.

The current OSMF behaviour as it appears to me is: "We're the good guys, 
you can trust us, so shut up and go on mapping".

Is this still a free and open project if we follow this road? No, it's a 
project with a steering committee where you can become a member of the 
committee for a royalty fee.

Regards, ULFL




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