On Sat, Nov 20, 2010 at 4:52 AM, Simon Ward <si...@bleah.co.uk> wrote:
> On Thu, Nov 18, 2010 at 09:15:16PM +1100, Andrew Harvey wrote: > > If OSMF is not stoping existing contributors to continue to upload > > their CC BY-SA work without agreeing the the CTs, perhaps new users > > should not be required to agree to the CTs to sign up. Otherwise some > > new users will be shuned away while those existing users are allowed > > to contribute to the project. I think everyone should be treated > > fairly, regardless of whether some people signed up earlier than > > others. > > Occasionally I see somebody write something sensible, and this is one of > those occasions. Yes, all users (contributors?) should be treated the > same, regardless of when they joined. > +1 > The OSMF, after member “vote”, is committed to putting up the new > licence for community adoption. In doing this, it has confused itself > with supporting the process and supporting the licence itself. It goes > even further, not necessarily directly by OSMF members, but most likely > influenced by it, to state such things as “we are changing the license”. > I generally consider “adoption” as something done by choice, but this > has apparently already been decided for the community. > > Requiring new users to sign up to the new CTs just adds bias to the > adoption of the new licence. I see the ODbL (+DbCL) as an enhancement > to the current situation (although I despise the CTs), but manipulating > it so that it gets any advantage like this is just wrong. > > I’d like to see all mandatory “agreements” to the CTs so far to be > disregarded, and mandatory agreement to the CTs be removed for new > sign‐ups. All users may fairly be informed about the licensing options, > and where they can indicate their preference. At this point we > determine what the level of support for the licence+CT change is, and if > and only if we have overall support for the licence+CT change we change > the sign up terms to reflect it. > > Simon > -- > A complex system that works is invariably found to have evolved from a > simple system that works.—John Gall > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v2.0.14 (GNU/Linux) > > iQIcBAEBCgAGBQJM51QiAAoJECRyzizpC9xmPxUQAKs8BE8EZoeF+L850DUOsCYk > 4IvzNDcKhoF0KOoVV3+DQVmG4NlXCmcen0Hr3v8go+2szfIlbl0tSU4FMh4y709l > /WneINCnYiclFsDNNXI9AghPnIWaN/7mRcYz7WZVIIdqan7IwOjSt6FyFQEYSuf9 > 03c1ofL48wzJpJJ80BqHRv5qzAGijgpglJOZwiesovy5dPpNyZroiz89SLj6PhAC > mJWo2vhdyFtKBnOsYCKb1T+OGdL5uEFryp/eZQwAg9PZ8MElTlOF8BLBZteixIXq > EijPqBxhQCsSfugDQkahSNIebuwGrxzLXNpyOnDtkhRrkcvx3o2iN5RYUtaQEBe+ > WiR+5iJabZbWw0UvJ2huq1Z9NgF3WkUwBiL/OUPs5K1KcgGPWTBTE2GwiqB4umvD > Ckj7p/g+NuQajPIy6n0ZkpulKBl+u++bPWAc/22A5mvQ9H4TJH5jg25lpeWftOvj > PlORbVQm+PJvGeuosZUHglZFyEa24+QvLgqHcV/QGWWMIKcV+Y/KwUmiVcru6mAU > rYe5Z9K/CK79N7Pt48j3TlLjztH7NVR46b+UdkjNrIImkIWTdeQdVsE0aUi486cK > es9qNk6SFL8wLKxAd0Pluc110Fch2cMrGgPGiC0Ha3O6TPf+3GcrYusZAaSMPKBR > jbCLrWI9TIFNg2gwLxIE > =4sYp > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > _______________________________________________ > legal-talk mailing list > legal-talk@openstreetmap.org > http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/legal-talk > >
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