[OSM-talk] It's all too fast...
Gervase Markham
gerv-gmane at gerv.net
Tue Mar 3 22:54:59 GMT 2009
On 03/03/09 18:23, Andy Allan wrote:
> We've been talking about the ODbL for a loooong time now, way more
> than 18 months. It's not completely new. The previous draft was dated
> April 2008. If you're new to the discussions, then welcome, but don't
> make like the ODbL has never been seen before and that we're trying to
> do everything in 1 month.
Everything that Frederik said. There has been no interactive discussion
with the editors of the licence, no formal place (as there is now on
co-ment.net) for collating and discussing issues, no explanation of the
deltas from the previous draft to this, no explanation of how it might
work in a range of possible use cases, etc. etc.
You say the licence isn't completely new. Where's the document showing
the differences from the previously discussed draft, along with the
rationale for why each change was made? Something like this:
http://gplv3.fsf.org/rationale
(PDF document)
I believe the GPLv3 process issued three or four of those, although they
appear to have taken all but the final one down.
Without such a document, it might as well be completely new.
Gerv
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