On 14 December 2010 09:28, Jukka Rahkonen <jukka.rahko...@latuviitta.fi> wrote: > > I do not really believe that the turnout percentage in any OSM poll would > reach > 66.7 percent, even if we count just the active contributors. It is nowadays a > good percentage even in the election of the parliament. In year 2007 in > Finland > the turnout seemed to be 67.9%. And because all active contributors for sure > would not vote for "Yes" it would mean in practice that OSM license could > never > be changed. Myself I have been thinking that the 2/3 majority means the share > of > those who vote. Obviously it would be better to write it clearly into the CTs > how we want it to be interpreted and not to ask it afterwards from any English > court. >
Well, 2/3 of those who vote and 2/3 of all active contributors are very different in terms of how much support a change needs to get. If a change is really popular then it should be possible to engage 2/3 of those who are actively contributing enough to get them to vote in favour. Parliamentary votes aren't really comparable. Anyway, this is a governance issue rather than a legal one. As drafted the CT's will require 2/3 of all active contributors, not merely those who vote. If there's a desire for a different effect, then some change in drafting would be needed. If not, then it is probably worth nailing the point as I have indicated. -- Francis Davey _______________________________________________ legal-talk mailing list legal-talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/legal-talk
