[OSM-legal-talk] License Cut-over and critical mass
Frederik Ramm
frederik at remote.org
Fri Jul 16 11:39:54 BST 2010
John,
John Smith wrote:
> You are correct, it's obvious that there is some people unhappy with
> the status quo.
I wouldn't exactly say I am unhappy with the status quo. It's like
living in a house where experts say it is going to fall apart any minute
- you might like to be able to retain the status quo but it's not on the
menu. The status quo is volatile, and is soon going to be a status quo
ante - one way or another.
>> It's got nothing to do with Google and it's not helpful to drag them
>> into the discussion.
>
> It could have been any community that offers map editing similar to
> OSM, Google just happens to be the most obvious alternative.
Google is not an obvious alternative. The only respect in which they are
remotely similar to OSM is technology; they don't have the same kind of
community and they don't produce the kind of output that OSM
contributors want.
Personally I don't see any alternative to OSM that comes close, even
remotely.
Bye
Frederik
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