[Openstreetmap] Re: update

[Petter Reinholdtsen]

[Andy Robinson]
> The only way to generate revenue as the volume of data grows is in
> some way to charge for the volume extracted.

I'm not sure if this is one of your assumptions, but I believe this
statement is incorrect.  There are several other ways to generate
revenue.  One example is sponsoring as you too mention, another is to
sell spin-off products, a third is to provide the data in one format
for free and let those wanting a customized format to pay to have it
generated.  My point is that there are _several_ ways to generate
revenue.

I want the OSM data to be free as in speech, and free as defined in
the Debian Free Software Guidelines.  I want the OSM data to be free
for both commercial and private use, because I believe that is the way
we can have the largest effect on the society.  I want OSM and free
map data to help as many as possible to realize the advantages of
maps, and excluding commercial users is limiting our effect on
society. :)