[OSM-talk] OSM license change: A license to kill? -> How to make a nightmare come true!

[Iván Sánchez Ortega]

El Jueves, 5 de Marzo de 2009, nicholas.g.lawrence at mainroads.qld.gov.au 
escribió:
> > > How about the option of contributors transferring their
> > > copyright to OSM (the legal entity) which can then choose
> > > to release the data under an appropriate license?
> >
> > This is not a good idea because the OSMF can be "bought out" quite easily
> > by a big company.
>
> I don't understand. Bought out how?

Don't know, with money?

Basically, you get enough people (and pay for their memberships) in order to 
buy their votes, in order to eject the current chairman, yadda yadda yadda.

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Iván Sánchez Ortega <ivan at sanchezortega.es>

You have no real enemies.
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