[OSM-talk] New site about the license change

[Kevin Peat]

On 16 November 2010 02:19, john whelan <jwhelan0112 at gmail.com> wrote:

> I've been a little selective in quoting your message but I think you have
> correctly identified the split.  Germany and the UK with high mapper density
> are probably for the new license and dumping the older data other parts of
> the world that don't have the luxury of such a high density of mappers and
> rely on partnerships with government agencies etc and importing data are
> finding it much more difficult.
>
>
Outside the main urban areas mapper density in the UK doesn't seem that high
to me. Certainly in the SW I see the same few people active over a large
area.

The "decision" to change the license was made a long time ago when the
project was much more about geeks on bikes. Like it or not this has changed
over time so that external data is now important to a lot of mappers.  I
agree with Ed that there are plenty of people in the UK both for and against
the change. Personally I don't care if the current license is weak as most
organisations will respect its spirit and if a few don't who cares, it
doesn't devalue our efforts one cent. I can't see how changing to an
unproven license can possibly be worth fragmenting the project.

Kevin
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