[OSM-newbies] newbies Digest, Vol 37, Issue 32

[SteveC]

On Mar 21, 2010, at 1:56 PM, Steve Doerr wrote:

> On 20/03/2010 13:34, Mike Harris wrote:
> 
>> It might be worth bearing in mind that - thanks in part from the
>> pressures exerted by excellent projects such as OSM - the UK government
>> and the OS are in the process of considerably liberalising their
>> position on what may and what may not be done by taxpayers (who have
>> already funded both the OS and the Highway Authority!)
> 
> Fallacious argument. Virtually every adult in the UK is a taxpayer, 
> whereas hardly anyone is an OSM mapper. When the OS sells its products 
> to an individual taxpayer, it is a case of 'the many' selling to 'the 
> few': everyone pays for the OS, but only a few use its products, so it's 
> only fair that the few should compensate the many for the investment 
> they've made.

... against their will.

Yours &c.

Steve