On 7 April 2011 00:37, David Murn <da...@incanberra.com.au> wrote: > On Wed, 2011-04-06 at 22:09 +1000, Michael Hampson wrote: >> So is Phase 4 the end for those that don't agree? What happens to the >> data if we don't agree? and the data built on top of that data? > > Well, it depends what you read. According to the wiki, stage 4 is when > OSM asks the community what will should happen for those who havent > accepted the licence. One has to wonder if any of the comments from the > past year or two will be taken into account when those in power decide > to ask us mere mushrooms what we think. > >> > For clarity: >> > >> > - This will only affect (77,000) contributors who registered before >> > May 2010 and who have not accepted the new terms as part of the >> > voluntary re-licensing program. > > For clarity: (according to odbl.de) > In Australia: > - This will remove 57% of users > - This will remove 67% of nodes, 66% of ways and 86% of relations > > In UK: > - This will remove 65% of users > - This will remove 40% of nodes, 40% of ways and 10% of relations > > In Europe: > - This will remove 61% of users > - This will remove 20% of nodes, 20% of ways and 15% of relations >
For pete's sake! Stop making up blatantly untrue stuff. Those are likely the precentages if we moved *today* without even formally contacting/emailing anyone. > It is fairly clear that the Australian issue has very little value to > those in Europe in control of the project at the moment. The fact that > the number of users lost is in the same ballpark while the amount of > data lost is significantly higher in our part of the world, seems to > show the regions and the users whos interests they are looking out for. > Please stop making grossly untrue statements. >> > - Once a contributor has Accepted/Declined the new terms, they may >> > continue editting normally. Even if they decline, they may continue >> > editting normally until and if Phase 4 kicks in. > > Maybe I missed the announcement, but is there now an option to record > that you decline the licence? > Read the original mail that Mike posted to the DEV mailinglist... it is about planning the changes to the editor software before main announcements. Regards Grant _______________________________________________ Talk-au mailing list Talk-au@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-au
