On 20 July 2010 08:10, Simon Ward <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:simon@bleah.co.uk">simon@bleah.co.uk</a>></span> wrote:<br><div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
<div class="im">Not because of NearMap, no way would I just give in to some organisation</div>
who feels they can’t fit with our terms.<br></blockquote><div><br></div><div>I'm not assuming that Simon was necessarily directing that at us, but I think it's worth saying here that NearMap are specifically <u>not,</u> in any way, trying to dictate <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; border-collapse: collapse; ">or attempt to control the OSM process. This is a community effort, and it is not our place to be seen to be influencing it. We're just keen to make it clear that the <u>Share-Alike</u> part of the licence is key to us allowing our PhotoMaps to be used as the source of OSM data. That's not an arbitrary choice we make; it's important to the way we operate our business (our aims and our business model are publically available).<span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; font-family: arial; font-size: small; "> </span></span></div>
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</span></span></div><div>Cheers</div><div>Ben</div><div><br></div></div>-- <br>Ben Last<br>Development Manager (HyperWeb)<br>NearMap Pty Ltd<br><br>