On Thu, 13 May 2010, Mike Collinson wrote: > I may be picking up the wrong concern here, but let me clarify for general > information: > > Having new contributors agree to both the CC-BY-SA and ODbL allows a > transition period with fail-safe. > > - Right now, CC-BY-SA carries on as usual. The Foundation has the right to > license a tiny amount of new contributions under ODbL, but will not do so. > > - Existing contributors are then asked if they will agree to re-license > their data under ODbL. CC-BY-SA carries on as usual. > > - When enough contributors have agreed, we cut over to licensing the > current database under ODbL, (And a static snapshot of the database is > also made forever under CC-BY-SA). If for some reason this event never > happens, the fail safe is that licensing of all contributions under > CC-BY-SA simply continues. > > > Hope that helps. > > Mike > That was certainly my concern, starting the use of ODbL without any vote by the active contributors even being advertised, never mind waiting for a two- thirds majority. Liz
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