Re: [OSM-legal-talk] License Working Group news

2014-11-19 Thread Michael Collinson
Hi thanks to all for responding and in particular to the offers of help from Luis, Thomas and Diane. I use Luis' email below to give more detail about our activities. See in-line. It is also now my strong personal opinion that we should now engage a paid part-time General Counsel but that

Re: [OSM-legal-talk] License Working Group news

2014-11-18 Thread Alex Barth
Mike - Thank you for all your work for OpenStreetMap as member and lead of the Licensing Working Group. I know it's not always fun and work that's often in the focus of heated debate. I've always admired your cool headedness and appreciated your practical advice. Thank you! Alex On Tue, Nov

Re: [OSM-legal-talk] License Working Group news

2014-11-18 Thread Luis Villa
On Mon, Nov 17, 2014 at 11:18 AM, Michael Collinson m...@ayeltd.biz wrote: I would also like to highlight that we also now welcome associate members who can help us occassionally or want to work on a specific topic that fires you up. This involves no specific formalities nor duties. Hi,

Re: [OSM-legal-talk] License Working Group news

2014-11-18 Thread Paul Norman
On 11/18/2014 10:11 AM, Luis Villa wrote: On Mon, Nov 17, 2014 at 11:18 AM, Michael Collinson m...@ayeltd.biz mailto:m...@ayeltd.biz wrote: I would also like to highlight that we also now welcome associate members who can help us occassionally or want to work on a specific topic

Re: [OSM-legal-talk] License Working Group news

2014-11-18 Thread Luis Villa
On Tue, Nov 18, 2014 at 1:46 PM, Paul Norman penor...@mac.com wrote: On 11/18/2014 10:11 AM, Luis Villa wrote: On Mon, Nov 17, 2014 at 11:18 AM, Michael Collinson m...@ayeltd.biz wrote: I would also like to highlight that we also now welcome associate members who can help us

[OSM-legal-talk] License Working Group news

2014-11-17 Thread Michael Collinson
The License Working Group is undermanned and has only met twice this year, most recently on 28th October. [1] This is due in great part to my lack of time, enthusiasm and attention in calling meetings. I am therefore stepping down as below and welcome volunteers to join as full members and