[OSM-talk] Defining critical mass...

Tobias Knerr osm at tobias-knerr.de
Wed Jul 14 19:26:23 BST 2010


Richard Weait wrote:
>
>> Allow contributors to vote before the change over occurs, not just if
>> they agree to license their data under ODBL or not...
> 
> Interesting idea.  How should this work?  Something like?:
> 
> ... steps leading to today
> - users indicate ODbL acceptance or not
> - summarize user replies: x replies, y accept.
> - somebody processes all the results to show data effect
> - publish those results
> - users vote to proceed with license upgrade (or not) based on
> published results.
> - upgrade license (or not) based on user vote
> 
> Or more simply.  Ask users if they are willing to proceed.  Calculate
> and show users the results.  Then ask users if that is good enough to
> make it "official".
>
> Is this what you imagine?  Is this acceptable to those reading this?

That would be a great solution. It allows a decision based on facts,
rather than what-if scenarios. At the same time, it ensures that this
decision will be supported by the mapping community.

> What are the details of the "- users vote..." step?  Let's talk more
> about this.

The procedure could be similar to the one for future license changes:
"Active contributors" can vote, 2/3 majority is required.

Tobias Knerr




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