Richard Weait wrote: > >> Allow contributors to vote before the change over occurs, not just if >> they agree to license their data under ODBL or not... > > Interesting idea. How should this work? Something like?: > > ... steps leading to today > - users indicate ODbL acceptance or not > - summarize user replies: x replies, y accept. > - somebody processes all the results to show data effect > - publish those results > - users vote to proceed with license upgrade (or not) based on > published results. > - upgrade license (or not) based on user vote > > Or more simply. Ask users if they are willing to proceed. Calculate > and show users the results. Then ask users if that is good enough to > make it "official". > > Is this what you imagine? Is this acceptable to those reading this?
That would be a great solution. It allows a decision based on facts, rather than what-if scenarios. At the same time, it ensures that this decision will be supported by the mapping community. > What are the details of the "- users vote..." step? Let's talk more > about this. The procedure could be similar to the one for future license changes: "Active contributors" can vote, 2/3 majority is required. Tobias Knerr _______________________________________________ talk mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk
