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

[SteveC]

On 5 Mar 2009, at 03:35, Frederik Ramm wrote:

> Hi,
>
> Andy Allan wrote:
>> 1) Make the plan and the draft public. Ask for feedback.
>> 2) Wait for feedback to be taken into account and expect/hope for a
>> final version of the ODbL
>> 3) See if the OSMF board approves
>> 4) See if OSMF members like what results
>
> The word "final" should probably be struck out here because it has  
> kind
> of "gun to your head" ring to it: Take this license or be stuck with
> CC-BY-SA forever.

Agreed, I don't think that's the intention.

> Instead, if either the OSMF board, or the members, are unhappy with  
> the
> license (which is quite likely given that only ONE week is scheduled  
> for
> phase 2 and I can safely say that the status quo would not pass a  
> vote),
> then we need a new iteration; what is your "final" version then  
> becomes
> the draft, and back to phase 1.

Lets expand it from one week then?

> And this must be made clear when the vote is taken; that this is not a
> vote about "ODbL now or CC-BY-SA forever" but a vote about "ODbL or  
> wait
> for revisions".

Right... but we should quantify what the cost/benefit of that will be.

Best

Steve