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<FONT FACE="MS Shell Dlg" DEFAULT="FACE"><FONT SIZE="1" POINTSIZE="8" DEFAULT="SIZE">On Sun, 13 Dec 2009 13:56:46 +1000, John Smith wrote:<BR>
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>2009/12/13 Anthony <<FONT COLOR=0000ff><U>osm@inbox.org<FONT COLOR=000000 DEFAULT="COLOR"></U>>:<BR>
>> On Sat, Dec 12, 2009 at 8:17 PM, John Smith <<FONT COLOR=0000ff><U>deltafoxtrot256@gmail.com<FONT COLOR=000000 DEFAULT="COLOR"></U>><BR>
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>>> The problem I have with that is my labour is used to commercially<BR>
>>> benefit others and in turn nothing they do would have to be returned<BR>
>>> to the community.<BR>
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>> So you want to be given something in return for your labor? Nothing wrong<BR>
>> with that, but you're more likely to be successful if you choose a non-free<BR>
>> project to contribute to. If your labor is valuable to commercial<BR>
>> interests, don't give it away for free. Get those commercial interests to<BR>
>> pay you, and then, if you'd like, you can donate your pay to "the<BR>
>> community".<BR>
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>That's the issue I have, I have no problem giving back to the<BR>
>community, but I don't want commercial companies just sucking up all<BR>
>the data and not giving hardly anything back in return if they extend<BR>
>the map, it's not fair to me or anyone else who chooses to donate our<BR>
>time for "the greater good".<BR>
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John,<BR>
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What is *materially removed* from you if your "labour is used to commercially benefit others" and/or "commercial companies [are] just sucking up all<BR>
the data and not giving hardly anything back in return if they extend the map"?<BR>
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Brendan<BR>
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