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

[SteveC]

On Dec 8, 2009, at 1:51 PM, Stefan de Konink wrote:
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> SteveC schreef:
>> On Dec 8, 2009, at 1:44 PM, Stefan de Konink wrote:
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>>> SteveC schreef:
>>>> You're really advocating switching license without asking anyone?
>>> Isn't he merely stating that if you truly believe CC-BY-SA doesn't
>>> protect the data, you don't have to ask anyone to do so?
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>> to do what, relicense?
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> Exactly; if your statement is sound. CC-BY-SA doesn't protect us, thus
> doesn't protect us against ourselves, thus OSMF could declare the data
> today as ODbL, and wait to get sued by the editors that doesn't like
> this change, if the CC-BY-SA holds the relicense has just been made a
> copyright infringement and therefore wasn't required in the first place.

So you really are saying the LWG / OSMF should just ignore everyone and change the license?

I think it's better to build a consensus and vote and so on personally, even with all the ups and downs.

Yours &c.

Steve