On Jun 11, 2011, at 1:02, Nic Roets <[email protected]> wrote:
>> Not at all - I know of no form of democracy that distinguishes between >> grudging acceptance or evangelical zeal. > > Dermot, > > I would quite like to take my data and start my own PD / CC0 project. What is stopping you? > So by simply matching my new license to the conditions set by the > OSMF, I would be voting "yes" in your "referendum". > > In this "referendum", the OSMF substantially influenced the outcome by > declaring beforehand "We are changing the license". They refused to > register new users who do not vote "yes". The emails that was sent out > only listed the advantages of the license change. > > Go and look how an electoral commission operates. Something as simple > as the order in which the candidates appear on the ballot can be seen > as unfair. > > -- > I am not saying OSMF acted illegally or that the license change is a > bad thing. I am merely saying that the OSMF decided on the license > change before there was overwhelming support for it from the > community. The license change was not driven by the community. It was > driven by a few individuals. How else can you explain the dismally low > voter turn out when the OSMF members voted on it ? > > Regards, > Nic > > _______________________________________________ > talk mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk > _______________________________________________ talk mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk
