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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>Maybe because you missed the irony ?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>>If you scare the users of our data away by hiring
lawyers to nitpick over how OSM is represented <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>>in every which way then there's really no point in
collecting all this data, is there<span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:
"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>+1 <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>So get rid of any license, as a license without lawyers, is of no
meaning !<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>OSM got to the level of maturity that market players (such as
BING/MS) without ANY scruples<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>are getting interested. None of us is going to defend against
the legal power<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>of any such player, whatever the strength of the license.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>In a few years OSM will be the one of the three major map
providers world wide<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>with advantages over the other 2, that we all know and
appreciate.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>Donate it to “the world”, make it free as in free ,
not free as in free beer.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>What do we have to loose ?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>Gert<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=NL style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>Van:</span></b><span
lang=NL style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>
talk-bounces@openstreetmap.org [mailto:talk-bounces@openstreetmap.org] <b>Namens
</b>Ian Dees<br>
<b>Verzonden:</b> woensdag 4 augustus 2010 19:29<br>
<b>Aan:</b> Stefan de Konink<br>
<b>CC:</b> talk@openstreetmap.org<br>
<b>Onderwerp:</b> Re: [OSM-talk] Death by a thousand nitpicks<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>2010/8/4 Stefan de Konink <<a
href="mailto:stefan@konink.de">stefan@konink.de</a>><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'>On Wed, 4 Aug 2010, Ian Dees
wrote:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Wait, how did the thread about NOT nitpicking over licensing
issues turn<br>
into a "donate so we can hire lawyers to nitpick" thread?<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>Probably because some people instead of doing something with
our data (like big location based businesses) want to protect our data. I
personally like the do now, care later mentality.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>If you scare the users of our data away by hiring lawyers to
nitpick over how OSM is represented in every which way then there's really no
point in collecting all this data, is there?<o:p></o:p></p>
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