[OSM-talk] OpenStreetMap License Change Phase 3 Pre-Announcement

[Mike Dupont]

Well, I brought this up now, because for one the thing has changed so many
times, and now they are asking people to leave.

On Sat, Apr 16, 2011 at 9:42 AM, Dermot McNally <dermotm at gmail.com> wrote:

> On 16 April 2011 08:31, Elizabeth Dodd <edodd at billiau.net> wrote:
>
> > So has anyone asked the FOSS gurus of licensing?
> > I have never seen it mentioned while I was subscribed to legal-talk. I
> > am quite prepared to start writing emails (phrased neutrally) requesting
> > an opinion if these people have not been asked before.
> >
> > If then the opinion is that the new licence has merit, we then need
> > work on how the contract provisions "fit in" with other legal codes not
> > just those derived from either the Westminster or Napoleonic codes.
>
> How long have you been in this discussion, Elizabeth? Quite a while,
> according to my recollection. Given that you seem to now see a
> requirement for this kind of validation, I find it strange that you
> wouldn't have sought it at a much earlier stage than this. Normally
> abject opposition should come after, not before, "neutral" appraisal
> of the proposal, shouldn't it?
>
> Dermot
>
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