On Oct 6, 2010, at 9:23 AM, Nic Roets wrote: > On Wed, Oct 6, 2010 at 4:09 PM, Richard Weait <rich...@weait.com> wrote: >> On Wed, Oct 6, 2010 at 10:01 AM, Stefan de Konink <ste...@konink.de> wrote: >>> Op 06-10-10 15:12, Nic Roets schreef: >>>> On Wed, Oct 6, 2010 at 2:55 PM, TimSC >>>> <mappingli...@sheerman-chase.org.uk> wrote: >>>>> On 06/10/10 00:59, Richard Weait wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>> http://opengeodata.org/osm-founder-steve-coast-leaves-cloudmade >>>>> >>>>> What, if any, impact does this have on OSM and OSMF, I wonder? >>>> >>>> It may remove a conflict of interest problem or two ?? >>> >>> He is still shareholder, as is stated in the message. That shows that >>> there is a potential financial conflict of interest. For example if OSM >>> switches license, it can be good for Cloudmade or bad for them, he could >>> defend his own financial position. > > He will definitely be more independent now that he doesn't spend 8 > hours a day in close proximity to the CM employees and he never has > meetings with their lawyers (see some of the discussions on legal-talk > in recent months). > >> Y'all have a funny way of demonstrating your warm wishes for his >> future and presumption of good faith. > > Unlike you, I guess I'm just seeing him and his wife as ordinary > members of the team (taking into account code written, keynote > speeches etc). So yes, good luck to him and good luck to anyone else > on this list changing careers. > > And saying someone has a conflict on interest is not an insult. Nor > should it lead to automatic exclusion from debates or votes. But it > should be mentioned.
Thank you for your warm thoughts. Steve stevecoast.com _______________________________________________ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk