----- Original Message -----
From: "Ed Avis" <e...@waniasset.com>
To: <talk@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.
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Ed Avis <e...@waniasset.com>
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