[Openstreetmap] The bigger picture

[Tom Carden]

On 2/14/06, Immanuel Scholz <immanuel.scholz at gmx.de> wrote:
> To make my point clear:
>
> I don't see OSM as a platform to provide companies cheap input for their
> commercial, proprietary applications. (And "company" is not relative to
> me. There is no "xxx Euro" threshold possible. If OSM itself make
> commercial use of its own data, OSM is a company.)
>

What about not-for-profit use, with a healthy turnover?  What about if
it pays staff a competitive rate for their work?  (And if not, how is
paying staff to code different to paying for commercial hosting?)

Best,

Tom.