OpenStreetMap
Opinion poll about the new licence Odbl 1.0
Posted by Pieren on 6 December 2009 in English. Last updated on 7 April 2011.Because the foundation is deciding now if the current Odbl 1.0 licence
proposal will be the next OSM licence you will have to accept or
refuse in February 2010, I would like to know what the community
itself thinks about this Odbl 1.0.
As Ulf Lamping said, it will be a gun on your head in Feb. 2010 where
you will have the choice between accepting this licence or stop
contributing to OSM and all your contributions will be removed.
Therefore, I would like to know what "you", the contributor, thinks
today about the transition to Odbl 1.0 licence in this opinion poll:
http://doodle.com/feqszqirqqxi4r7w
Feel free to add comments to explain your choice.
Discussion
Comment from chillly on 6 December 2009 at 15:16
In the interest of balance: some people would say that Ulf and others are just making trouble and spreading FUD and bullshit.
Comment from Pieren on 6 December 2009 at 15:42
This opinion poll is not FUD and bullshit, neither against the Odbl nor against the adoption process (OSMF votes for the proposal and the community will have to say 'yes' or 'byebye'). It is a fact that the process is a gun on our heads. And nobody in the foundation tries to find out what the community is thinking about the licence proposal before the final vote. I'm feeling that I'm doing their job.
Comment from !i! on 6 December 2009 at 15:49
Well a short pro/cons page would be cool caus Im not a jurist. For me the current lack of giving content is terrible. Oh and the lacking of attribution, there has to be a clear policy with the new/old license.
Comment from chillly on 6 December 2009 at 15:52
I didn't say your opinion poll is FUD or BS, but when you encourage people to look at your poll by presenting a one-sided argument I felt some correction was required. The idea that an all-or-nothing process is going ahead in February is not true. The Foundation vote is only the first. If most or even very many contributors vote against the new licence then I doubt it will go ahead. There is always the option of last resort: forking to two projects.
Comment from Xoff on 6 December 2009 at 16:02
@!i!: pro/cons for the Odbl can be found on these pages:
osm.wiki/Open_Data_License/Why_You_Should_Vote_Yes
osm.wiki/Open_Data_License/Why_You_Should_Vote_No
Comment from Lipperlandexpress on 6 December 2009 at 16:34
I don't vote there because I have to register.
How can you try to change the licence in the current state of OSM ?
It's just too late for a licence change !
You have to delete the data from users who don't agree with the new licence or who don't answer and that will damage the data in every country with a large community. Just imagine 5% of the german or russian data will be removed.
Thiis is not a big problem in countrys like the US with tiger imports under PD -> cludmade and SteveC don't care
Comment from Pieren on 6 December 2009 at 17:48
I think the poll itself is quite neutral...
You don't have to register for the poll, just write your name/pseudo. For the real vote in February, only registred OSM contributors will be asked for the licence change.
chilly: I have no problem with the current process of adoption but I always read comments like "if a majority of contributors will not accept" or "if a majority of contributors will accept" but nobody is trying to know or ask what the community is REALLY thinking about the license change.
Comment from Richard on 6 December 2009 at 17:53
"It is a fact that the process is a gun on our heads"
Er, it's not a fact, it's a metaphor.
Comment from Richard on 6 December 2009 at 18:52
Incidentally, could you remove the obviously fake entries from the poll? I'm thinking "Adolf", "Sadam", "Pol Pot", "IchgrüßemeineMama" etc. which all appeared one after each other in quick succession and were almost certainly postings by a single person.
Comment from pfranz on 7 December 2009 at 00:58
if someone translate all this document in italian, then i read it all...
sorry but in english, I don't read all, my english is not fluent, is only scholastic...
i think that i don't vote yet, and don't vote in 2010 if all this document is
in international english....
sorry for this project....