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<p><tt><font size="2">> I did not see this linked on this list, so here you go:<br>
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> <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2013/12/15/magazine/googles-plan-for-global-">http://www.nytimes.com/2013/12/15/magazine/googles-plan-for-global-</a><br>
> domination-dont-ask-why-ask-where.html?_r=0</font></tt><br>
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<tt><font size="2">page 6 of 8, second paragraph</font></tt><br>
<tt><font size="2">"The O.S.M. map data is free now -</font></tt><br>
<tt><font size="2">but using it comes with a catch. Any</font></tt><br>
<tt><font size="2">improvement, or any change at all,</font></tt><br>
<tt><font size="2">that a developer makes to O.S.M.'s</font></tt><br>
<tt><font size="2">map must be sent back to O.S.M."</font></tt><br>
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<tt><font size="2">Is this an accurate description of OSM's licensing?</font></tt><br>
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<tt><font size="2">The rest of the article is rather disparaging of OSM, implying</font></tt><br>
<tt><font size="2">that OSM is cheap, lacks detail and has a hidden agenda.</font></tt><br>
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<tt><font size="2">nick</font></tt><br>
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