[OSM-talk] OSM Licence vote

David Groom reviews at pacific-rim.net
Sun Dec 6 21:19:39 GMT 2009


Sorry to be pedantic but the wording of the OSMF member vote is:

Do you approve the process of moving OpenStreetMap to the ODbL?
Yes, I approve.
No, I do not approve.

Unfortunately this sentence on which we are asked to vote has at least two 
meanings

1) Do you approve of the process? [as in the procedural method used]

2) Do you approve of the change.

I presume the intention is it to mean (2), but the wording is much closer to 
(1).

Ironically simply by definition of the poor wording it is unlikely I could 
agree to the process, irrespective of my actual views on CC-BY-SA v ODbL.

David









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