[OSM-talk] What could we do to make this licences discussion more inclusive?

[John Smith]

On 19 July 2010 04:02, Sami Dalouche <skoobi at free.fr> wrote:
> If the move is for pure theoretical, GNU/Stallman-like ideology, then it
> is likely to create way more damage than it would save.
> However, if the move is about saving the project from a legal
> perspective, then it's probably better to start tackling the issue now
> rather than having a court shut down the project 5 years from now when
> most of the planet is mapped...

You have it backwards, it's about people trying to prevent companies
taking advantage of OSM, and OSM getting them shut down if it needed
to go that far.