Ed wrote: > IIRC, the choice offered was 'I approve the process' or 'I do > not approve the > process'. It wasn't quite clear whether OSMF members were > being asked to vote > on the licence change itself, or just to express satisfaction > with the actions > taken and planned by the licence working group.
The email here suggests the vote was on the adoption of ODbL http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Open_Data_License/Implementation_ Plan/OSMF_Vote_Email > At that stage, didn't the plan still include a public vote of > OSM contributors? It details the process of active members voting for any future changes. > Perhaps some OSMF members voted 'approve' on the basis of the > earlier plan, happy > to proceed to a public vote and see what the community thought, > but would not > have voted 'approve' if it were made clear that the new plan > was to impose the > change unilaterally. >From the email quoted on the wiki link above and the PDF document that it links to that seems unlikely. (Another) Ed (who wasn't a member of the OSMF at the time of the vote) _______________________________________________ talk mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk
