[OSM-talk] ODbL vs CC-by-SA pros and cons

[David Groom]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ed Avis" <eda at waniasset.com>
To: <talk at openstreetmap.org>
Sent: Thursday, September 02, 2010 1:09 PM
Subject: Re: [OSM-talk] ODbL vs CC-by-SA pros and cons


>
> Grant Slater <openstreetmap <at> firefishy.com> writes:
>
>>>The vote has been dropped, so don't expect to be asked to vote.
>
>>It was an OSMF Members vote.... I'll quote the first line:
>>"In December 2009, OpenStreetMap Foundation members were asked whether
>>they agreed or disagreed with a proposal to change the OpenStreetMap
>>geodata license. "
>
> IIRC, the choice offered was 'I approve the process' or 'I do not approve 
> the
> process'.  It wasn't quite clear whether OSMF members were being asked to 
> vote
> on the licence change itself, or just to express satisfaction with the 
> actions
> taken and planned by the licence working group.
>

With the benefit of hindsight , the inability of OSMF to actually word the 
vote in a clear an unambiguous manner did not bode well for its ability to 
run the licence change process in a smooth manner.

David



> At that stage, didn't the plan still include a public vote of OSM 
> contributors?
> Perhaps some OSMF members voted 'approve' on the basis of the earlier 
> plan, happy
> to proceed to a public vote and see what the community thought, but would 
> not
> have voted 'approve' if it were made clear that the new plan was to impose 
> the
> change unilaterally.
>
> -- 
> Ed Avis <eda at waniasset.com>