On 4 Mar 2009, at 23:24, 80n wrote: > On Thu, Mar 5, 2009 at 12:48 AM, SteveC <st...@asklater.com> wrote: > > On 4 Mar 2009, at 08:12, Gervase Markham wrote: > >> So lets concentrate on that. Lets build a better process. Lets > >> build a > >> consensus. > > > > Absolutely! As long as you allow us the time to (i.e. slow down and > > stop > > trying to get it done by the end of March!), then I'm all for > that :-) > > Maybe I'm making a mistake but the end of March is entirely driven by > Jordan and the license comment process not me. > > It's great that Jordan wants to get 1.0 of the license out by April > 1st, but that doesn't then require that OSM adopts on the same > timescale. If it is published and it still doesn't do what's needed > then we just work towards 1.1 > > We shouldn't let other people's timescales force our own decisions. > If more time is needed, and there is a lot of opinion that suggests > it is, if the current issues cannot be resolved by April 1 then of > course we have the option to give ourselves more time.
Sure but we can also build a space laser if we want to. You're taking the benefit side in to account but not the cost. If we get 99% there with version 1.0 and version 2.0 takes the next two years then the cost benefit, to me, would suggest 1.0 as the better deal. Best Steve _______________________________________________ legal-talk mailing list legal-t...@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/legal-talk