[OSM-talk] Join the OSMF !

[Nathan Edgars II]

Dermot McNally wrote:
> 
> On 10 June 2011 23:01, Nathan Edgars II <neroute2 at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
>> I cannot think of any democratic process where only the 'yes' voters are
>> allowed to participate in the results. Can you?
> 
> About a year ago, Bavaria held a referendum to ban smoking in just
> about all indoor public places including pubs, restaurants and Beer
> Tents. Non-smokers were free to vote "no", and we must presume that
> many did. But because the vote was carried they are no longer free to
> smoke in those places.
> 
> They are, of course, free to use them without smoking indoors. Just as
> opponents of the OSM licence change will be free to participate in OSM
> post-change, just not under their preferred terms. It seems a perfect
> analogy.
> 

It's a flawed analogy, since there were two decisions for smokers: whether
to vote yes or no on the referendum, and (after it passed) whether to
patronize these places. With OSM there is only one decision; someone who
'votes' against the change gets their contributions removed, as if someone
who voted no on the referendum was no longer allowed to visit the pub and
grab a beer with friends.

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