On Tue, 13 Jul 2010, Richard Fairhurst wrote: > Tobias Knerr wrote: > > And exactly that is the problem. Mappers didn't have a say in > > starting the license change process > > Yes, they did. After about four years of licence discussion among mappers, > OSMF held a vote last autumn in which 89% of respondees approved the > process > (http://lists.openstreetmap.org/pipermail/osmf-talk/2009-December/000753.h > tml). Only members of OSMF had a vote.
> > In addition, OSMF holds annual elections where anyone can stand and put > forward their views, and if elected, work to have them implemented - > exactly the same way that your country's democracy works. We realise that. > > Of course, not everyone is a member of OSMF, but if you don't choose to get > involved in the running of the project then you can't really complain if > decisions are taken that aren't to your liking. A common statement by those "on the inside". Membership of OSMF costs money. I have enough money for that sort of expense but not everyone does. _______________________________________________ legal-talk mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/legal-talk
