On Sun, 28 Nov 2010 11:43:52 +0100 Mike Dupont <jamesmikedup...@googlemail.com> wrote:
> On Sun, Nov 28, 2010 at 11:15 AM, Steve Bennett <stevag...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > On Sun, Nov 28, 2010 at 8:29 PM, Mike Dupont > > <jamesmikedup...@googlemail.com> wrote: > >> Yeah, I dont pay in money, I pay in code and data. Does that count? > >> Also I payed in trips all over to collect data, dinners with > >> people, etc etc. Why do I need to pay money to a bank account so > >> that I have a say? FAIL! > > > > You could make that argument for virtually every volunteer > > organisation. Virtually all organisations need some kind of funds, > > and if there is no other form of revenue, it comes from members. > > Nothing unusual there. > > The question is of funds for voting rights or merit for voting rights. > > This means that the people with funds will have a vote and the people > who are just working will not. > > mike > I can see the legal line of thought for paying to belong to a company / organisation. I do support the right of those without large amounts of cash - students, those living in developing countries - to have a say. All contributions to the project need to be valued - code, data, server maintenance and cash. _______________________________________________ Talk-au mailing list Talk-au@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-au
