[OSM-legal-talk] The big license debate

[Richard Fairhurst]

Lars Aronsson wrote:

> The atlas you want to produce is a non-free one.  It doesn't
> contribute to the domain of freedom that OSM wants to expand.

Wuh? Hang on.

I never signed up to a project that "wants to expand the domain of  
freedom". I signed up to an open mapping project. I see no gnu on the  
wiki.

If you, or the free culture guys, have a philosophy that everything  
should be Free (in the GNU sense of the word) then that's great. Just  
don't think that OSM as a project shares the same ambition. OSM is  
made up of many people with many different beliefs, each with their  
own reason for contributing to the common denominator: open maps of  
streets.

I'm reminded of Steve's classic RMS joke:

"So... open maps."

cheers
Richard
(not a newbie)