[OSM-talk] Suggestion to add SA clause to CT section 3, describing "free and open license"

[Frederik Ramm]

John,

John Smith wrote:
> Hmmm so it seems that Fredrick thinks it's ok to loose people as long
> as they aren't from the pro-PD crowd...

The idea is to try and lose the smallest number of people in the process 
while doing what is necessary. This requires that everyone is paid 
respect. Telling people that they are stupid and their ideas crap is not 
a good way to move forward.

Obviously, we'd lose the smallest number of people if we'd just abandon 
license change and continue with CC-BY-SA; however I am firmly with the 
LWG on that this endangers the project's success in several ways and 
should not be attempted.

I realize that there are others who believe that the lawyers advising 
OSMF are wrong, and that CC-BY-SA could indeed be used further. I have 
doubts about this and would like the proponents of that idea put forward 
concrete plans about how to implement CC-BY-SA in an internationally 
balanced way (so that e.g. users in the US do not have more rights than 
users in Europe or Australia), and also how to handle attribution. These 
things are currently broken with CC-BY-SA and if someone wants to retain 
that license he should demonstrate how they can be fixed.

Bye
Frederik