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<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://geohipster.com/2015/04/27/gary-gale-dear-osm-its-time-to-get-your-finger-out/">http://geohipster.com/2015/04/27/gary-gale-dear-osm-its-time-to-get-your-finger-out/</a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Anyone read this blog piece by Gary Gale?<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Is it worth commenting on?<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i>“</i><i><span style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#202225;background:white">To my mind there’s two barriers to greater and more widespread adoption, both of which can be overcome if there’s sufficient will to overcome them
within the OSM community as a whole. These barriers are, in no particular order … licensing, and OSM not being seen as (more) conducive to working with business.”<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#202225;background:white"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">1) Gary criticises OSM for not having a single point of contact for business to liaise with.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Exactly why this is necessary is a mystery to me. If business wants to make use of OSM data, they can download the planet file just like anyone else. If business wants to contribute data, or donate equipment or sponsor events, those things
are also possible.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">2) Gary criticises the ODbL for ambiguities in the share-alike clause.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Maybe this needs clarification, but personally I think the share-alike clause is a good thing.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Fundamentally though, Gary seems to be under the impression that OSM has a driving need to “compete” with other providers of geospatial data, and that if OSM hasn’t “won the race” then it is failing somehow. Which I think reveals a vast
ignorance of the motivations of the majority of OSM volunteers.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Anyway, I wondered if anyone else had seen the post.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Cheers,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Nick<o:p></o:p></p>
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