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

[Phil Monger]

Steve Doerr - I don't think I understand your point?

As had already been pointed out the OS are *not tax funded*. They act like
any other company within the UK making and selling a product. They have done
so for 11 years.

The whole campaign has been driven ahead by the public's anger over having
to "pay for the mapping my taxes produced" - when in fact no such situation
exists.

But hey, leading on the ignorance is politics, right?

On 21 March 2010 19:56, Steve Doerr <steve.doerr at blueyonder.co.uk> 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.
>
> --
> Steve
>
>
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