Re: [Talk-us] Resigning in protest

2010-05-11 Thread Dave Hansen
On Tue, 2010-05-11 at 19:20 -0400, Chris Hunter wrote: I have major philosophical issues with the way the license change is being handled, and feel that I can no longer participate in the OSM project. I honestly haven't paid much attention to it. I figured it was pretty messy, but legally

Re: [Talk-us] Resigning in protest

2010-05-11 Thread Peter Batty
Chris, my goal in participating in OpenStreetMap was and still is to help build a free and open map of the world. The license change does nothing to alter that goal. I'm sorry you feel the way that you do. I encourage everyone to continue to contribute to this great project. Cheers, Peter.

Re: [Talk-us] Resigning in protest

2010-05-11 Thread Paul Fox
chris wrote: Well, between the new links on the map and today's WIKI edit, it looks like the Brits have decided to shove the ODbL down our throats after all. I have major philosophical issues with the way the license change is being handled, and feel that I can no longer participate in the

Re: [Talk-us] Resigning in protest

2010-05-11 Thread Katie Filbert
On Tue, May 11, 2010 at 8:03 PM, Paul Fox p...@foxharp.boston.ma.us wrote: chris wrote: Well, between the new links on the map and today's WIKI edit, it looks like the Brits have decided to shove the ODbL down our throats after all. I have major philosophical issues with the way the

Re: [Talk-us] Resigning in protest

2010-05-11 Thread Paul Fox
katie wrote: On Tue, May 11, 2010 at 8:03 PM, Paul Fox p...@foxharp.boston.ma.us wrote: can someone lend a list-skimmer a clue? i see nothing but cc-by-sa on the map and on the wiki. The change noted here is that people creating new accounts need to agree to dual license their

Re: [Talk-us] Resigning in protest

2010-05-11 Thread Richard Weait
On Tue, May 11, 2010 at 7:20 PM, Chris Hunter chunter...@gmail.com wrote: Well, between the new links on the map and today's WIKI edit, it looks like the Brits have decided to shove the ODbL down our throats after all. I have major philosophical issues with the way the license change is