[OSM-legal-talk] [OSM-talk] License/CT issues: Let's not punish the world's disadvantaged, pls.

[Jaakko Helleranta.com]

On Wed, Jun 22, 2011 at 12:13 PM, John Smith <deltafoxtrot256 at gmail.com>wrote:

> To put this another way, what would happen if someone traced google
>

Well, in the case of Haiti this is exactly what happened a lot -- with
Google's permission, though.

And so, the question is actually pretty darned good: Why would OSM users not
allow their contributions to help alleviate humanitarian crisis if even the
big G did?

And having said that I want to point to my original post where I tried to
emphasize that I respect the choices of the mappers. It's just that I'm
guessing that not many who have declined or haven't decided but are leaning
towards declining have thought of the humanitarian / global development /
even poverty reduction side of their "hobby". ... And if asked, not many of
them would want to make life even more difficult to the
world's underprivileged.

Cheers from Haiti,
-Jaakko

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