Steve Coast has observed that there is dissent in the community. What he ignored was the cause. The elephant in the room is obviously the license change.
It's inevitable that there will be disagreement about anything to do with licensing. If not handled correctly then it will poison the community and damage the project. I've been saying this for some time, and it's clear that this is happening. Some people are becoming uncivil and others are losing heart. Attempting to censor this dissent will not make the problem go away. The proponents of ODbL think they have a done deal. They have a plan and are following it. The opponents see some elements of that plan that are underhand and undemocratic or don't think it suits them. It's easy for everyone pick a side in this fight but it doesn't help to resolve the real issue. While the license change process continues it is easy to see that there will be continual damage to the project. Something that everyone wants to avoid. I'm calling here, now, for a rapid resolution of the license change. Letting it drag on indefinitely is not a solution. Forcing the change through by levering the advantages of control is not a solution either. There needs to be an immediate vote, open to the whole community, about how to proceed. Whichever way the vote goes there will inevitably be a fork in the project. Let's get this dirty business resolved as quickly as possible so that we can all go back to doing what we love as quickly as possible. 80n
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