On Tue, Dec 8, 2009 at 5:20 AM, Ed Avis <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:eda@waniasset.com">eda@waniasset.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
John Smith <deltafoxtrot256 <at> <a href="http://gmail.com" target="_blank">gmail.com</a>> writes:<br>
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>If GPLv3 was inspired by Tivo, I think this license is somewhat<br>
>inspired by Google and other commercial mapping companies, who have a<br>
>habbit of sucking in all the data they can get their hands on and not<br>
>giving anything back.<br>
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Google have recently started using their own set of map data for the USA.<br>
If it were possible for them to take OSM data under the current licence they<br>
would have done so.<br></blockquote><div><br>Are you sure they haven't?<br><br>Yeah, they haven't taken everything, unreviewed and unedited. But that would be a pretty bad idea anyway. </div></div>