[Osmf-talk] [OSM-talk] Esri donation to OpenStreetMap Foundation

[Richard Weait]

On Mon, Mar 19, 2012 at 7:14 PM, Frederik Ramm <frederik at remote.org> wrote:

> Nice to hear that but it would be even nicer to know what the amount
> was, at least approximately. Was it a condition of ESRI's to not
> disclose the amount? Aren't we (OSMF members) going to read the numbers
> in the annual report anyway?

The amount, approximately, was "generous" :-)

But why all the fuss?  A quick survey of previous corporate donation
announcements:

2011-01-26 MapQuest/AOL US$50k
http://blog.osmfoundation.org/2011/01/26/donation-to-osmf-by-mapquestaol/

2010-10-12 MapQuest not disclosed
http://blog.osmfoundation.org/2010/10/12/donation-for-osmf-hardware-from-mapquest/

2009-02-12 Google £5k,
2009-02-12 CloudMade £2k
http://old.opengeodata.org/2009/02/12/hardware-upgrade-appeal-thank-you/index.html