[OSM-talk] Question that will not be asked

[Ulf Lamping]

Pieren schrieb:
> On Wed, Dec 9, 2009 at 9:28 AM, Rahkonen Jukka > It would be only
> confusing to have
>> more options like in the opinion poll at
>> http://doodle.com/feqszqirqqxi4r7w
>>
> 
> The poll contains the three original questions which will be asked to
> all contributors if the new license is approved by the OSMF:
> - yes
> - yes and consider all my data PD
> - no
> Then I added two more questions for those who would say 'no', for this
> part of the public who feels that they have a 'gun on the head'
> because they don't agree with the Odbl. Then I added two options to
> give them a chance to explain why they would say 'no'.
> 
> A general remark about the 'crappy poll'. As I said, it is true that
> is is not a reliable poll. But the OSMF never tried to reach the 99%
> of the community which is never writing on this talk-list. A more
> serious poll can only be organized by the OSMF because they know the
> list of contributors, their emails and could manage the single replies
> like it will be for the final vote. Of course, it will not avoid the
> fact that some contributors will create a special account just to fake
> the result , but this will be also true for the real vote.
> But the OSMF never tries to reach those who are not reading the
> talk-lists or watching the forums. How many times have we seen a call
> for a simple question about the new license on the diary or on the
> main site page or on the header on all wiki pages ? Never. The
> community will have to reply to the simple question just at the end of
> the process with the threat that their contributions will be removed
> if they refuse and the unfair reply "why did you not participate
> earlier in the debats when it was the time for it ?".
> So, I would thank the approx. 300 who participated to the 'crappy poll'.

Thank you!

You perfectly summarized my concerns about the current license process :-)

Regards, ULFL