[OSM-talk] The License Change

Frederik Ramm frederik at remote.org
Wed Aug 11 13:59:13 BST 2010


80n,

80n wrote:
> I'm calling here, now, for a rapid resolution of the license change.  
> Letting it drag on indefinitely is not a solution.  Forcing the change 
> through by levering the advantages of control is not a solution either.
> 
> There needs to be an immediate vote, open to the whole community, about 
> how to proceed.  Whichever way the vote goes there will inevitably be a 
> fork in the project.  Let's get this dirty business resolved as quickly 
> as possible so that we can all go back to doing what we love as quickly 
> as possible.

Given that you seem to take a fork for granted - i.e. after the process 
is over, there will be a CC-BY-SA version of OSM and an ODbL version of 
OSM - is the vote you are calling for basically just over "who gets the 
domain name"?

Bye
Frederik




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