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<br class=""><div><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On Sep 23, 2015, at 11:22 PM, Simon Poole <<a href="mailto:simon@poole.ch" class="">simon@poole.ch</a>> wrote:</div><div class=""><br class="">Now obviously it does limit in some aspects the T&Cs an OSM based<br class="">geo-coding service can use for its business and it might actually force<br class="">such a service provider to differentiate between geo-coding for public<br class="">vs in-house use. But then it isn't as if you are completely free to do<br class="">what you want with a lot of other data sources either. <br class=""></div></blockquote></div><br class=""><div class="">Another good point: If the OSM license has some edge case problem, it’s still far better than proprietary licenses which are the alternative.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">I’m calling it "edge case” if the SNIFF TEST in my prior email is not met, maybe it’s just as well to call it the “EDGE CASE TEST”, which is similar if not identical to the MANY TEST.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Just trying to pull the discussion toward black & white tests which we can actually pass or fail, happy to see other suggestions.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Best</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Steve</div></body></html>