What you say mike is mostly reasonable apart from the control bit. It's a democratically elected nonprofit, so it's hard to cast that as a dictatorship.
Steve stevecoast.com On Jul 7, 2011, at 20:47, Mike Dupont <[email protected]> wrote: > > > On Wed, Jul 6, 2011 at 2:35 PM, Chris Barham <[email protected]> wrote: > Personally I don't care about the licence. I feel that the forks and > this resulting dilution of effort will become a drain on all the > projects (united we stand/divided etc etc), and have become a shouting > match where the 'political' goals of the forked projects are trumpeted > over the stated reason for the thing being there - an open map. Cries > of "We're more open" don't help when you > can't rustle up the hosting fees or development volunteers. So a fork > must become popular. More popular than other forks or the parent > project. Was this the real reason for your post with mention of FOSM > (and no other OSM spin-offs), and seeding "fear uncertainty and doubt" > regarding *possible* data deletion.. you were recruiting? > > > My reasons for helping out are simple, because there are more chances to > develop software if there is a not a monolithic database. There are more > possibilities for OSM if everything is not in the control of a few people. > The only way to be able to negotiate is to be in a position to negotiate, so > being able to fork is an important part in not having to fork. Already we > have developed new and innovative solutions and more. I am also willing to > work with osm as much as possible. > > A fork does not have to be anything bad, and to be honest I see the new > license as a fork, a forced one. what we are doing is just setting up the > tools and resources for people to continue, and these tools and technologies > are needed by everyone and everyone will benefit. > > mike > _______________________________________________ > Talk-au mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-au
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